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President Truman’s daughter Margaret was playing piano in the second floor fitting room of the White House in 1948. As she played, the leg of a Grand Piano crashed through the floor. It could be seen sticking out of the ceiling in the family dining room below. This was the final straw in a decades overdue renovation of the White House.
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Watson, R. P. (Ed.). (2004). Life in the white house : A social history of the first family and the president's house. State University of New York Press.
Life in the White House : A Social History of the First Family and the President's House, edited by Robert P. Watson, State University of New York Press, 2004.
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