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

President Harry S. Truman stands on the speakers' platform during opening ceremonies at the dedication of the Idlewild Airport, New York City. On speakers platform, from left to right are: unidentified, General Omar Bradley, press secretary Charles Ross, General Robert Landry, President Truman, New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer, Grover A. Whalen, Chairman of the Mayor's Committee for the Commemoration of the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York, unidentified, unidentified, and Governor of New York and Republican candidate for President Thomas E. Dewey. The others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Charles Ross (right), his press secretary, aboard the U.S.S. Williamsburg. US Navy Seaman Gerald L. O'Neal is in the background (left).

Portrait of Charles Ross (side view) seated in a chair, reading a document. Charles Ross was President Harry S. Truman's Press Secretary.

Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace, and Charles Ross, among others, posing for high school graduating class photo, Independence, Missouri, 1901. Back row: Henry Chiles; Elmer Twyman; William Lloyd Garrett; Harry Truman; Will Long; Myrtle Cronkhite; Laura Ford; Mary Anderson; Gertrude Dixon; Laura Kingsbury. Third row: Crawford Compton; Leura Walters; Katie Krey; Gertrude Reyner. Second row: Tasker P. Taylor; Louretta Meador; Minnie Carpenter; Grace Crandall; Mary Taylor; James T. Brown; Mary Chinn; Itaska Atkinson; Bertha Roberts; Bess Wallace.

Charlie Ross briefs members of the press during the trip to Wake Island. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album

Press Secretary Charles Ross breaks the news that Wake Island is to be the scene of the conference between President Harry S. Truman and General Douglas MacArthur, at a press conference in Hawaii. From: Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison Album