Journalists

Harry S. Truman and Randall Jessee in Mr. Truman's reception area outside his working office in the Harry S. Truman Library.

Harry S. Truman and Randall Jessee in Mr. Truman's reception area outside his working office in the Harry S. Truman Library.

President Harry S. Truman (seated at desk) announces that Russia has declared war on Japan. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes is seated in the foreground, and Harry Vaughan is to the right of President Truman. Newsmen are grouped in front of the desk. Donor: New York Herald Tribune.

Former President Harry S. Truman poses at the Missouri Pacific train station in Independence, Missouri with journalists from the Independence and Kansas City area. Standing, left to right: Bill Straeter, J. W. (Bud) Porter, former President Truman, Hurley K. Burgess (Railway Express Managers and friend of Mr. Truman), Sue Gentry, Wes Lyle, and Dick Corliss. Kneeling, Sammy Feeback and Randall Jessee. The occasion was a surprise birthday party for the former President given by local reporters and photographers as he and Mrs. Truman prepared to depart for New York and Washington, D. C.

President Truman speaking to reporters and others. He is in a residential neighborhood. This photo is from his western trip.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear of his train surrounded by a crowd and newsmen during a western trip.

Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh of Iran is greeted at the National Press Club, Washington D.C., by Henry F. Grady. From photograph album "Visit of his Excellency Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of Iran, to the United States of America, October 8 to November 18, 1951."

View of the press car on the train, showing reporters working at typewriters. The reporters are traveling with President Harry S. Truman while he is campaigning in the 1948 Presidential campaign.

President Harry S. Truman holding a news conference aboard his campaign train, near Point of Rocks, Maryland.

Portrait of Ernie Pyle.