Belair, Felix, 1907-1978

President Harry S. Truman presenting Raymond Clapper Memorial Award to Nat Finney, reporter for the Des Moines Register and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Truman presented the award at the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. From left to right are: Ernest B. "Tony" Vaccaro, incoming President of the White House Correspondents' Association; President Truman; Nat S. Finney; and Felix Belair, Jr., outgoing President of the Association.

President Harry S. Truman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Statler Hotel in Washington, D. C. From left to right are: Ernest B. Vaccaro, incoming President of the Correspondents Association; Felix Belair, Jr., outgoing President of the Association; and President Truman.

Caretaker of Fort Jefferson, Russell A. Gibbs, guides the presidential party atop Fort Jefferson National Historic Site in Dry Tortugas, Florida. The party includes: President Harry S. Truman (second from left), Admiral William Leahy, Edwin Locke, John Steelman, Press Secretary Charles G. Ross (plaid cap), newspaper correspondent Felix Belair (hand cupped to ear), and Chief C.J. Langello, USN. President Truman visited the Dry Tortugas Islands during his vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified. From the album of the President's vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman presents the annual $500 Clapper Memorial Award for outstanding Washington reporting to Nat Finney, correspondent for Minneapolis Star and Tribune and Des Moines Register, at the 25th annual dinner of the White House Correspondents Association. Also in photo is Earnest B. Vaccaro (left) and Felix Belair, Jr. (right). From: Houston Post.

News correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance William Hillman (left) and Felix Belair (right) of the New York Times joined President Harry S. Truman's fishing expedition while covering the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album "Vacation cruise with the President" Volume 3 of 4.

Felix Belair of The New York Times joined a fishing excursion of President Harry S. Truman and other members of his vacation party in Bermuda. From the album "Vacation cruise with the President" Volume 3 of 4.

Caretaker of Fort Jefferson, Russell A. Gibbs, guides the presidential party atop Fort Jefferson National Historic Site in Dry Tortugas, Florida. The party includes: President Harry S. Truman (second from left), Admiral William Leahy, Edwin Locke, John Steelman, Press Secretary Charles G. Ross (plaid cap), newspaper correspondent Felix Belair (hand cupped to ear), and Chief C.J. Langello, USN. Truman visited the Fort during his vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.