Press conferences

Members of the press assembled on the north lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. The President (not in photo) read two prepared statements then took questions. The Press Conference lasted 30 minutes. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

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.

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 4 X 5 negative.

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.

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 4 X 5 negative.

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 a press conference in Washington, D.C.

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.

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.

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.