Reporters and reporting

Former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) talks to reporters after arriving in Mexico. Also pictured: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center) talks to a group of unidentified reporters after arriving in Mexico.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) speaks with an unidentified Marine (foreground, left) at the ceremony to award the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Navy Station. President Truman was on vacation in Key West, Florida. Also present are General Harry Vaughan (background, left, in military uniform) and Admiral Robert Dennison (background, right, in uniform next to President Truman). Reporters and photographers in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, center right, in suit and hat) speaking at the presentation of the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Naval Station (foreground, right, in naval uniform next to Truman). He is standing in front of a group of reporters and photographers, all of whom are unidentified. Truman was in Key West, Florida on vacation. Also present is Admiral Robert Dennison (foreground right, in naval uniform), President Truman's Naval Aide, who presented the award on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right, in suit and hat) speaking at the presentation of the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Naval Station (foreground, right). He is standing in front of a group of reporters and photographers, all of whom are unidentified. Truman was in Key West, Florida on vacation.

Vincent B. Smith (left) and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

President Truman (seated center, in dark jacket with white collar) give press a conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. Standing behind President Truman are select members of his staff that joined him on vacation. From left to right: four unidentified men, John Steelman, Roger Tubby, Joseph Feeney, Charles Murphy, William Hassett, Press Secretary Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Truman (seated center, in dark jacket with white collar) give press a conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. Standing behind President Truman are select members of his staff that joined him on vacation. From left to right: four unidentified men, Roger Tubby, unidentified man, John Steelman, Charles Murphy, Joseph Feeney, William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy, Press Secretary Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Robert Landry.

Unidentified reporters and photographers at a press conference held in garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida, during President Harry S. Truman's ninth vacation visit.

President Truman (seated center, in dark jacket with white collar) give press a conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West.