Presidential press secretaries

President Harry S. Truman poses with his Secretaries. From left to right: Matthew Connelly, Steve Early, President Harry S. Truman, Charles Ross, Jonathan Daniels, and William D. Hassett. They are standing in the Oval Office of the White House. From the scrapbook of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) holds a press conference, officially announcing the end of the war in Europe after Germany's unconditional surrender. Behind the President is: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing), Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Senator Kenneth McKellar, Administrative Assistant Eddie McKim, Press Secretary Stephen Early (standing), Jonathan Daniels, Attorney General Francis Biddle, and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (in black hat). All others are unidentified.

Vice President Harry S. Truman (left with his hand raised) is sworn in as President of the United States. Standing next to him is new First Lady Bess W. Truman (center) and their daughter, Margaret Truman (right). Standing in the background are Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.

President Harry S. Truman, far left, leaves for the Capitol to address a Joint Session of Congress. In the front, from left to right, are Secretary of State George C. Marshall, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Behind, from left to right, are Postmaster General Robert Hannegan, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. This photo is from the album "The President and his Cabinet," from John W. Snyder.

President Harry S. Truman dines with a group of dignitaries and members of his staff in Independence, Missouri. Seated left to right are an unidentified man, Matthew Connelly, Captain James Vardaman, Mayor of Independence Roger Sermon, President Harry S. Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, an unidentified man (mostly obscured), and General Harry Vaughan. This dinner took place at the home of Mayor Sermon. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman throws out the first pitch to open a baseball game against the Washington Senators and the St. Louis Browns. Seated next to President Truman are Admiral William Leahy and Charles Ross. Seated behind Mr. Truman is William Hassett. Seated behind and slightly to the right of Mr. Hassett is Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson. All other people are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

From left to right, Independence, Missouri Mayor Roger Sermon, J. Vivian Truman, Press Secretary Charles Ross (slightly in the background), Margaret Truman, and President Harry Truman at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City, Kansas, on President Truman's first trip home after becoming President. All other people are unidentified. This photograph is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) looks at a document as he stands with Pat Norton (left) and Reverend Edmond Walsh (Right), during President Truman's visit to Boys Town, Nebraska. President Truman's Press Secretary, Charles Ross, is in the background, standing behind and to the right of Reverend Walsh. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (third from left) shakes hands with Eddie Dunn, the student mayor of Boys Town, Nebraska, while Reverend Edmond Walsh (left), looks on. Standing in the background between President Truman and Mr. Dunn in Charles Ross, Mr. Truman's Press Secretary. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) holds a certificate during his visit to Boys Town, Nebraska. He is with Eddie Dunn, the student mayor of Boys Town (second from right) Reverend Edmond Walsh, the Acting Director of Boys Town (right), and Pat Norton (left). Standing in the background on the right is President Truman's Press Secretary, Charles Ross. All others are unidentified.