Presidential press secretaries

Press Secretary Charles Ross receives a gift from an unidentified man in a lounge aboard a Truman campaign train. Others in the lounge are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman delivering a speech and presenting a Distinguished Service Medal to General Douglas MacArthur. In the foreground, from left to right, facing the camera: Press Secretary Charles Ross, Special Assistant to the President Averell Harriman, General Robert Landry, Admiral Arthur Radford (partly obscured by Truman), President Truman, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Omar Bradley, General Harry Vaughan, Charles Murphy, David Bell, General Wallace, Graham, and Assistant Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) on Wake Island, along with his Press Secretary, Charles Ross (third from right). All other individuals are unidentified. President Truman traveled to Wake Island to meet with General Douglas MacArthur.

President Harry S. Truman (center, second from left) shaking hands with United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup (center, left). Also pictured: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson (center, right of President Truman) and White House Press Secretary Charles Ross (far left). All other individuals are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Press Secretary Charles Ross in convertible enroute to the beach in Key West Florida. This photo is similar to 64-427.

Press Secretary Charles Ross as he steps on the gangplank to leave the Williamsburg, during President Truman's trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, and Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the Capitol after addressing a joint session of Congress. Front row (l-r): Secretary of State George C. Marshall; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; President Harry S. Truman. Second row (l-r): Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Press Secretary Charles Ross.

Scene in the stands during the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated behind the Presidential flag on the brick wall are, from left to right: General Wallace Graham, unidentified woman, Averell Harriman, two unidentified women, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, unidentified woman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing directly behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. Seated in the second row, visible between President and Mrs.

Scene in the stands during the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated behind the Presidential flag on the brick wall are, from left to right: Averell Harriman (partly obscured), two unidentified women, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, unidentified woman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Seated behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess Truman (far right) and others in the audience for the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" at the Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre. Front row, left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman. Press Secretary Charles Ross is also present (second row, fourth from right). All others are unidentified.