White House staff

Ramon Ramos (standing by the blackboard) teaches a Spanish Class at the White House for wives of government officials. Seated, from left to right, are Mamie (Mrs. Dwight D.) Eisenhower, Margaret (Mrs. Robert) Patterson, Maryon (Mrs. Lester B.) Pearson, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Josephine (Mrs. Hugo L.) Black. Standing, from left to right, are Miss Florence King, Mrs. Williams H. Davis, Miss Reathel Odum, Representative Jessie Sumner of Illinois, Priscilla (Mrs. John L.) Sullivan, Augusta (Mrs. Clarence N.) Goodwin, and an unidentified woman.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (first row, center) autographing a baseball for a young boy. First row, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (center); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (right). All others unidentified.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman and others standing for the National Anthem at a baseball game. First row, left to right: Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Harry S. Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (third from left); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (fourth from left). Standing in the third row, directly behind Admiral Leahy is Senator Arthur Vandenberg. All others unidentified.

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) shakes hands with a player during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left); Admiral William Leahy (first row, right); and Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (second row, between Mrs. and President Truman). All others unidentified.

Portrait of Reathel Odum, Secretary to First Lady Bess W. Truman.

Portrait of Reathel Odum, secretary to First Lady Bess W. Truman.

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.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground) prepares to give a news conference in Olympia, Washington. Standing on the far left is President Truman's Appointment Secretary, Matthew Connelly. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (in white cap), Admiral William Leahy (right) and administrative Assistant to the President David Lloyd (behind Truman) on the way back to the USS Sarsfield. They are returning to the Sarsfield after a visit to the Fort Jefferson National Monument, while on vacation in Key West, Florida.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party enjoy a buffet lunch while touring the Fort Jefferson National Monument at Dry Tortugas, Florida. On the far side of the table, from left to right: Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly, Press Secretary Joseph Short, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, and Admiral William Leahy. All others are unidentified.