Newspapers

Photo of page from the Amarillo (Texas) Times, showing a photo of President Harry S. Truman as a soldier in World War I. In the photo, from left to right, are: First Lieutenant Vic H. Housholder, Captain Harry S. Truman, First Lieutenant Gordon B. Jordan, Second Lieutenant Leslie Zemer. The photo is similar to photo 82-213-01 in the Truman Library collection.

Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair meets with carrier boys from the Deland Sun News in his Pentagon office.

Colonel C. A. Green, Professor of Military Science and Tactics, University of Washington and Assistant Camp Commander for the 1960 Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) summer camp to be held at Fort Lewis, Washington, shows Major General Louis W. Truman a newspaper featuring the win of the University of Washington football team in the Rose Bowl. The team included some ROTC cadets.

Sign, "Welcome Home From the Crow-Eaters," on the front of the Washington Post Building in Washington, D.C. President Harry S. Truman and Vice President Alben W. Barkley had just returned to Washington after their victory in the 1948 election--a victory not predicted by the Washington Post.

Asian-language political cartoons on Japanese military presence in China. This photograph dates from Edwin W. Pauley's travels in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

Collage of Asian-language newspapers from postwar period. This photograph dates from Edwin W. Pauley's time in Asia as a member of the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47, the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors.

Newspaper clippings about the Japanese military presence in China, including a New York Times article about "Dramatic Hours as Japan Occupied Part of Shanghai."

President Harry S. Truman displaying the Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman". This event happened in St. Louis, Missouri, at the train station. Traveling with the President, Byron Rollins of the Associated Press lumbered to the back of the train, shot two pictures, unloaded them with an AP stringer, lumbered back to his car, and hit his berth with absolutely no thought of anything special except his first sleep in 20 hours.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan shown reading newspaper in his office. The newspapers headlines are about an anti-strike bill forced on the floor by House vote. There is a bookcase in the background.

Close up of Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan reading the newspaper in his office. The newspaper headlines are about an anti-strike bill forced on the floor by a House vote. There is a bookcase in the background.