Newspapers

President Harry S. Truman relaxes and reads a newspaper as his special train carries him into the Midwest to open a two week campaign trip for the Democratic National ticket. His first talk of the trip was made at Fargo, North Dakota today. From: Houston Post.

A smiling former President Harry S. Truman (left) holds a copy of the famous Chicago Daily Tribune paper declaring "Dewey Defeats Truman". The others in the photo are unknown, and the event is unknown; but the photo is good clear quality. This was post-presidential.

This is a photograph of the New York Times newsroom during the New York power outage. The clock on the far wall reads 5:05. E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. can be seen standing in the doorway of an office in the back of the photograph. The rest of the reporters are unidentified. Note on the back of the photograph reads: "The night the power failed 1961 New York Times Newsroom, looking east. 'Who turned out the lights?'"

E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. relaxes and smokes a cigarette while reading the newspapers. Taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. was working in Bern, Switzerland.

This is a photograph of E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. relaxing in a comfortable arm chair while reading the paper. This was taken while E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. was working in Bern, Switzerland for the Associated Press.

A section of the Kansas City Star's press room in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Kansas City Star building at the northeast corner of Eleventh Street and Grand Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. All people are unidentified. From: George Fuller Green, Native Sons of Kansas City.

Former President Harry S. Truman reads the paper and eats breakfast at the Fontenelle Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, where he received an award from Beth Israel Synagogue.

An unidentified woman reads a newspaper with the partially obscured headlines, "Liberation of Jews" and "Nazi defeat by November Predicted." On the table are other newspapers. One headline reads, "Nazis breaking near Cherbourg." On the back of the photo someone has written in black ink, "opposite political views-".

At St. Louis Union Station, postmaster Bernard Dickmann (left) stands next to newly elected President Harry S. Truman as Mr. Truman holds up the famous Chicago Tribune newspaper headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Man in background is unidentified. From: Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.