Press conferences

Members of the Press at the Little White House

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President Harry S. Truman met with members of the press at 3:30 in the afternoon in the north garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Members of the Press on the North Garden

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Members of the Press on the North Garden at Key West

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Members of the press assembled in the north garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. The President (not pictured) spoke to the press for about half an hour. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

Members of the Press in the North Garden

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Press Conference at the Little White House

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President Harry S. Truman met with members of the press at 3:30 in the afternoon on the north garden while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

Margaret Truman holds Press Conference

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Margaret Truman holds a press conference in Washington, D.C.

Reporters Receive Pearl Harbor Report

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Reporters scramble about to get copies of a report on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that President Harry S. Truman released. All are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

Matt Connelly at a Press Conference

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Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing, second from right) and Press Secretary J. Leonard Reinsch (standing, right) at the first press conference given by President Harry S. Truman. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

German Surrender Press Conference

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President Harry S. Truman (left) holds a press conference, officially announcing the end of the war in Europe after Germany's unconditional surrender. Behind the President is: Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (standing), Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Senator Kenneth McKellar, Administrative Assistant Eddie McKim, Press Secretary Stephen Early (standing), Jonathan Daniels, Attorney General Francis Biddle, and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins (in black hat). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman Announces the Surrender of Japan

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President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to the assembled reporters in the Oval Office. Seated on couch, left to right: David Niles (wearing round glasses, seated on the arm of the couch); Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Samuel Rosenman, Special Counsel; and John W. Snyder, Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. Also pictured: Secretary of State James Byrnes (behind President Truman, right) and Attorney General Tom Clark (standing, second from right).

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