Reporters and reporting

President Harry S. Truman (wearing white hat) takes a morning walk with reporters while on vacation at in Key West, Florida. Also present is Presidential Press Secretary Charles Ross (second from left, background). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in white hat) takes a walk with reporters during his vacation Key West, Florida. Also present is Special Counsel Clark Clifford (left, under flag). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at desk) announces the surrender of Japan to reporters assembled in the Oval Office. Seated on couch, left to right: 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). Journalist Vivianne Lovell of Agence France-Presse stands in the striped dress in the front row, center of the reporters. Signed by President Truman and John Snyder.

Unidentified war correspondents and civilian newsmen read the testimonies given in closed sessions of the Japanese war crimes trials in Manila, Philippines. These statements were given by women who were mistreated by the Japanese. Donor: John Paxton.

Former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) talks to reporters after arriving in Mexico. Also pictured: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Former Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center) talks to a group of unidentified reporters after arriving in Mexico.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) speaks with an unidentified Marine (foreground, left) at the ceremony to award the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Navy Station. President Truman was on vacation in Key West, Florida. Also present are General Harry Vaughan (background, left, in military uniform) and Admiral Robert Dennison (background, right, in uniform next to President Truman). Reporters and photographers in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, center right, in suit and hat) speaking at the presentation of the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Naval Station (foreground, right, in naval uniform next to Truman). He is standing in front of a group of reporters and photographers, all of whom are unidentified. Truman was in Key West, Florida on vacation. Also present is Admiral Robert Dennison (foreground right, in naval uniform), President Truman's Naval Aide, who presented the award on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right, in suit and hat) speaking at the presentation of the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Naval Station (foreground, right). He is standing in front of a group of reporters and photographers, all of whom are unidentified. Truman was in Key West, Florida on vacation.

Vincent B. Smith (left) and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.