Presidential press secretaries

President Harry S. Truman throws out the first ball at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., pitching left-handed. The Washington Senators were set to play the New York Yankees. The Senators defeated the Yankees 12 to 4. Charles Ross and William D. Hassett are behind President Truman, Margaret and Mrs. Bess Truman are beside him. The owner of the Washington Senators, Clark Griffith, and Bucky Harris in uniform, stand to the President's side.

Press Secretary Charles Ross (left) and Captain Robert Dennison (right) converse with two unidentified United States Navy officers on the afterdeck of the USS Williamsburg during President Harry S. Truman's trip to the Caribbean islands. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in light shirt and pants) joins in the fun of the mock reception held for the arrival of Press Secretary Charles Ross (right) and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (far right in profile) at Key West, Florida. Also present are (from left to right) State Department Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward, Administrative Assistant David Niles, Assistant to the President John Steelman, and Governor of Washington Mon Wallgren. All others are unidentified. Truman and his staff and advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) joins in the fun of the mock reception for Press Secretary Charles Ross and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly upon their arrival in Key West, Florida. From left to right, Jonathan Daniels, Charles Ross, Matthew Connelly (partially obscured), and President Harry S. Truman. Others are unidentified. President Truman and his advisors and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, right, in light shirt) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Photographers and reporters gathered around are all unidentified. The man partly obscured by Truman, getting ready to stand up, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing on the right in the striped shirt is Washington State Governor Mon Wallgren.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center foreground) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers who are gathered in front of him are unidentified. Seated second from the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman (center) participates in the mock reception of Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (far right) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (left of Connelly) to Key West, Florida by unidentified person. Also present are (from left to right) Assistant to the President John R. Steelman, governor of Washington Monrad Wallgren, and writer Jonathan Daniels. Truman and his advisers and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) visits with Press Secretary Charles Ross (left) and unidentified man while he is on a vacation cruise. They are probably on board the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg.

President Harry S. Truman (far right with back to camera) and others on board the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg during a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford; Ted Marks; unidentified Navy officer; unidentified man; Press Secretary Charles Ross (back to camera); Major General Harry Vaughan; George Allen; and President Truman.

As part of a joke played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (background, right, in suit and tie), an African-American marching band led Mr. Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by trumpeter) into the gates of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They were in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman on vacation. All others are unidentified.