Photographers

Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson (left) speaks with William A. Story (center) and Library guard Chenay (right) in the north lobby of the Harry S. Truman Library.

Henri Cartier-Bresson (right, standing) photographs former President Harry S. Truman (left, seated) in his office in the Harry S. Truman Library.

Press photographers illuminate the scene of welcome for President Vincent Auriol of France. Notice the banner in the background with the words, "Vive le President Auriol!" below the French flag. From the Department of State Album: "Visit of His Excellency, Vincent Auriol, President of the French Republic to the United States of America, March 28 to April 4, 1951"

Candid photograph of photographer Horace Bristol while he sleeps, presumably at his home in Japan while Captain Lewis S. Parks visited. Original caption: Horace at Ease.

Washington, D. C. Harry S. Truman stops and points to a picture of President Dwight D. Eisenhower swinging a golf club as the former president viewed the opening exhibit of the White House News Photographers Association tonight at the Library of Congress. The photo was one of many entered in the president's class of the association's contest. Harry S. Truman opened the exhibit, substituting for Vice President Richard M. Nixon. From: Houston Post.

Washington, D. C. Former President Harry S. Truman looks at Arnold Sachs' grand prize winning picture of the "fallen integration fighter" as he attended the opening of the White House News Photographers photo exhibit at the Library of Congress today. Sachs is from International News Photo. From: Houston Post.

Dockside view taken during an inspection tour visit of Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews at the U.S. Naval Shipyard located at San Francisco, California. Secretary Matthews can be seen approaching the ramp up to the main dock area. Photographers taking pictures of the occasion are in view on the right.

President Harry S. Truman operates a movie camera during a picture-taking session on the south grounds of the White House today. The subjects were members of the White House News Photographers Association (the "One More Club"), who presented a movie and still camera to the Chief Executive during a brief ceremony. From: Houston Post.

Dockside view taken during an inspection tour visit of Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews at the U.S. Naval Shipyard located at San Francisco, California. A ship can be seen in dock on the left with sailors on board. Secretary Matthews can be seen approaching the ramp up to the main dock. Smaller boats are also in view as well as three photographers taking pictures of the occasion.

Several guests and media members with cameras are talking at a luncheon in the Muehlebach Hotel for former President Harry S. Truman's 79th Birthday. Several flags from around the world adorn the wall, including the flag of Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union, and the United States.