Press conferences

During a press conference held on the porch of State Employment Security Commissioner Donald M. McSween's "Bonnie Brae Cabin" in Cosby, Tennessee, former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Captain Charles L. McGaha. Captain McGaha is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, while Ms. McGaha (right), Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement (left) and members of the press look on. Mr. Truman traveled to Cosby to speak at the Ramp Festival. (See 72-1121 to 1187.) From: John S. Stroud.

Former President Harry S. Truman (back to camera, second from right) reaches out to Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement (on Truman's left) at the conclusion of a press conference held on the porch of State Employment Security Commissioner Donald M. McSween's "Bonnie Brae Cabin." Mr. Truman traveled to Cosby, Tennessee, to speak at the Ramp Festival. The others in the photo are unidentified. (See 72-1121 to 1187.) From: John S. Stroud.

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated right) and Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement (seated left) hold a press conference on the porch of State Employment Security Commissioner Donald M. McSween's "Bonnie Brae Cabin." Mr. Truman traveled to Cosby, Tennessee, to speak at the Ramp Festival. The others in the photo are unidentified. (See 72-1121 to 1187.) From: John S. Stroud.

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated, right) and Tennessee Governor Frank G. Clement (seated left) hold a press conference on the porch of State Employment Security Commissioner Donald M. McSween's "Bonnie Brae Cabin." The former President traveled to Cosby, Tennessee, to speak at the Ramp Festival. The others in the photo are unidentified. (See 72-1121 to 1187.) From: John S. Stroud.

Representatives of the Foreign Language Press are shown at a press conference at the Advertising Club, New York City. Left to right (seated) are: Michel Cieplinski; Felix Paplowski of Polish Everybody's Daily; Mrs. Angela Parisi, Vice Chairman, New York Democratic State Committee; Mrs. India Edwards, Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee; Mrs. Anna Oberwager, German Press; Miss Maria Luisa Falbo, Il Progresso Italo-Americano; Mrs. Olga Hochstadter of Staats Zeitung und Herold; Miss Barbara Dauys of the Lithuanian Press; and Miss Mary Kizis of the Lithuanian Information Office.

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated before fireplace, right) came to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend a fund-raising dinner for the library that is to hold the former President's official papers. He is shown at a press conference with his host, financier Cyrus Eaton (on Truman's right), in the Greenbriar Suite in the Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio. Others in the room are unidentified. (See 2005-84 and 85 and 70-952.) From: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) came to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend a fund-raising dinner for the library that is to hold the former President's official papers. He is shown at a press conference with his host, financier Cyrus Eaton (left), in the Greenbriar Suite in the Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio. From: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio

Former President Harry S. Truman (at table, right) came to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend a fund-raising dinner for the library that is to hold the former President's official papers. He is shown at a press conference with his host, financier Cyrus Eaton (left), in the Greenbriar Suite in the Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio. From: The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Terminal Tower, Cleveland, Ohio

President Harry S. Truman, informally dressed, in front of a microphone at a press conference in Key West, Florida. Original photograph oversized.

At the podium, former President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference at the 40th annual National American Legion Convention held at the Sheraton-Blackstone Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. From: Donald M. McSween.