Press conferences

Reporters scramble about to get copies of a report on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that President Harry S. Truman released. All are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing, second from right) and Press Secretary J. Leonard Reinsch (standing, right) at the first press conference given by President Harry S. Truman. From the scrapbooks 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.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to the assembled reporters. Seated on couch, left to right: David Niles (wearing round glasses, seated on the arm of the couch); Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Samuel Rosenman, Special Counsel; and John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Also pictured: Secretary of State James Byrnes (behind President Truman, right) and Attorney General Tom Clark (standing, second from right). All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1. Same as 73-2017.

President Harry S. Truman, far right, is holding a press conference, probably in the Oval Office of the White House. All other people are unidentified. This photo is from the album "Mr. President, His Family and Friends."

A group of unidentified men are attending a press conference held in the Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman conducts a press conference in the Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. The photographers and cameramen in the front are unidentified.

A group of unidentified men are attending a press conference held in the Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman conducts a press conference in the Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.

Former President Harry S. Truman conducts a press conference in the Auditorium of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri.