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

Members of President Harry S. Truman's party relaxing on the after deck of his yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, as the U.S.S. William C. Lawe provides escort in the background, during a vacation cruise to Key West, Florida. From left to right: David Stowe, John Steelman, William D. Hassett, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Press Secretary Chares Ross, Brigadier General Wallace Graham, Major General Harry Vaughan, and Brigadier General Robert Landry. From: Robert L. Dennison.

President Harry S. Truman (right) standing on the flying bridge of the yacht Williamsburg as it comes into Narragansett Bay in Quonset, Rhode Island. Clark Clifford is foreground, back to camera. Press Secretary Charles Ross is fourth from left. Others are unidentified. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Lieutenant Commander Gray of the Royal Navy, aide to Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie, Commander in chief of the British West Indies Fleet, calls on President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) on the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Unidentified man, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Lt. Commander Gray. From the album, "Vacation cruise of the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

(From the left side of the circle to the right)Unidentified man, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Mr. Theodore "Ted" Marks; President Harry S. Truman; Major General Harry R. Vaughan, U.S.A., the President's Military Aide; Charles G. Ross, the President's Press Secretary; Clark M. Clifford, the President's Special Counsel (party obscured by Mr. Ross); and Honorable George E. Allen, Director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, sit and have a chat on the fantail of the SS Williamsburg, the ship carrying the President to Bermuda.

President Harry S. Truman and Press Secretary Charles Ross are shown as they watch the Democratic National Convention via television in the Oval Office. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.

Charles Ross (center) is shown with unidentified others during a televised interview between the press and Mr. Ross during the Philadelphia Democratic Convention. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.

An informal picture of the First Family at the Grand Coulee Dam. Shown with them is Charles Ross, on the far left, talking to Margaret Truman, and Bess Truman in foreground. President Harry S. Truman is mostly obscured by Washington Governor Monrad Wallgren and Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation Frank A. Banks. All have their backs to the camera. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album. (See also 2012-216)

A color snapshot of Charles Ross at Sun Valley, Idaho during President Truman's western trip. Others are unidentified. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, Charles Ross and Secretary of the Navy John Sullivan watch speed races at Annapolis, Maryland, from the deck of the escort ship Lenore. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.

Left to right: President Harry S. Truman, (unidentified Navy officer in background), Press Secretary Charles Ross, Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan and Stanley Woodward, Chief of Protocol, watching speedboat races at Annapolis, Maryland from the deck of the escort ship Lenore. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.