Reporters and reporting

President Harry S. Truman (standing, foreground, left) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers present are unidentified. Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington can be seen on the far left behind President Truman. Margaret Truman can be seen behind the unidentified man in the rocking chair.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, right, in light shirt) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Photographers and reporters gathered around are all unidentified. The man partly obscured by Truman, getting ready to stand up, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing on the right in the striped shirt is Washington State Governor Mon Wallgren.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center foreground) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers who are gathered in front of him are unidentified. Seated second from the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, right) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Photographers and reporters gathered around are all unidentified.

Miss Margaret Truman talks with reporters and poses for pictures after President Harry S. Truman's press conference in the north garden of the Little White House. Margaret joined her father at the Little White House in Key West, Florida for a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hands on hips) holds a press conference in the garden of The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing behind the President, from left to right are: Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by camera flash bulb) Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington and Clark Clifford. All other reporters and photographers are unidentified.

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.