Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950

President Harry S. Truman (center) with news reporters and photographers while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Presidential press secretary Charles Ross; Bradford Kress (International News Photo); Bill Smith (Associated Press); Al O'Eth (Paramount News); President Truman; Johnny Thompson (United Press); Yale Joel (Life); Tommy Craven (Paramount News). Similar to 96-243.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with news reporters and photographers while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Presidential press secretary Charles Ross; Bradford Kress (International News Photo); Bill Smith (Associated Press); Al O'Eth (Paramount News); President Truman; Johnny Thompson (United Press); Yale Joel (Life); Tommy Craven (Paramount News). Similar to 96-243.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party on the lawn of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Rear Admiral James Foskett, John Steelman, Neal Helm, President Truman, Major General Harry Vaughan, and Charles Ross. Same as 66-1352.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party on the lawn of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Rear Admiral James Foskett, John Steelman, Neal Helm, President Truman, Major General Harry Vaughan, and Charles Ross. Same as 66-1352.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his party on the lawn of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Rear Admiral James Foskett, John Steelman, Neal Helm, President Truman, Major General Harry Vaughan, and Charles Ross. Same as 66-1352.

Picnic lunch in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Donald Dawson, Stephen Spingarn, Charles Ross, William Hassett, and Margaret Truman (holding a camera).

President Harry S. Truman (center) with news reporters and photographers while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Presidential press secretary Charles Ross; Bradford Kress (International News Photo); Bill Smith (Associated Press); Al O'Eth (Paramount News); President Truman; Johnny Thompson (United Press); Yale Joel (Life); Tommy Craven (Paramount News). Same as 96-243.

President Truman's press secretary, Charles Ross (fifth from the left), points to a painting in the Oval Office called "The Peacemakers" by George P. A. Healy. It depicts President Lincoln's meeting in March, 1865 with General Grant, General Sherman, and Admiral Porter. The painting was recently purchased with White House maintenance funds for $10,000.

Group shot of the presidential party for the eighth trip to Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: John Steelman, Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and William Hassett. Back row, left to right: Stephen Spingarn, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charles Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, and David Niles.

President Harry S. Truman leaves for a cruise with some of his friends and staff. From left to right: Ted Marks, President Harry S. Truman, Matthew Connelly, Harry Vaughan, and Charlie Ross.