Reporters and reporting

President Harry S. Truman met with members of the press at 3:30 in the afternoon in the north garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman met with members of the press at 3:30 in the afternoon in the north garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman met with members of the press at 3:30 in the afternoon in the north garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman met with members of the press at 3:30 in the afternoon on the north garden while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

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.

Reporters scramble for the phones after White House Press Secretary Charles Ross (not pictured) announced that the Swiss had not as yet received a reply from the Japanese. During the rush, one of the first reporters to reach the door fell, and the others narrowly avoided piling up in the doorway. 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.

Vice President Harry S. Truman, second from the right, speaks with an unidentified group of reporters. Matthew Connelly is in the far left back corner. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 1.