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

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party are posing from a group photograph outside the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: John R. Steelman, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, William Hassett. Second row, left to right: Stephen Spingarn, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham and David Niles.

Charles G. Ross kissing the Bible while taking his Oath of Office as Press Secretary. From left to right: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Wiley Rutledge, President Harry S. Truman, Charles G. Ross, and Mrs. Charles (Florence) Ross.

Mr. Charles G. Ross taking an oath of Office as Press Secretary. Also in this photo is from left to right: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Wiley Rutledge; President Harry S. Truman; Mr. Charles G. Ross, and Mrs. Charles (Florence) Ross.

President Harry S. Truman (right) uses a movie camera, presented to him by White House newsreel men, to capture three of his advisors on film:(left to right) Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Admiral Foskett. They were on vacation with the President in Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (right) uses a movie camera, presented to him by White House newsreel men, to capture three of his advisors on film:(left to right) Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, Admiral William D. Leahy, and Admiral Foskett. They were on vacation with the President in Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman throws out the first ball at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., pitching left-handed. The Washington Senators were set to play the New York Yankees. The Senators defeated the Yankees 12 to 4. Charles Ross and William D. Hassett are behind President Truman, Margaret and Mrs. Bess Truman are beside him. The owner of the Washington Senators, Clark Griffith, and Bucky Harris in uniform, stand to the President's side.

Press Secretary Charles Ross (left) and Captain Robert Dennison (right) converse with two unidentified United States Navy officers on the afterdeck of the USS Williamsburg during President Harry S. Truman's trip to the Caribbean islands. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in light shirt and pants) joins in the fun of the mock reception held for the arrival of Press Secretary Charles Ross (right) and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (far right in profile) at Key West, Florida. Also present are (from left to right) State Department Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward, Administrative Assistant David Niles, Assistant to the President John Steelman, and Governor of Washington Mon Wallgren. All others are unidentified. Truman and his staff and advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) joins in the fun of the mock reception for Press Secretary Charles Ross and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly upon their arrival in Key West, Florida. From left to right, Jonathan Daniels, Charles Ross, Matthew Connelly (partially obscured), and President Harry S. Truman. Others are unidentified. President Truman and his advisors and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

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.