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

President Truman, Margaret Truman, and Others Overlooking the Grand Coulee Dam

President Harry S. Truman, Washington Governor Mon Wallgren, and Manager of the Columbia River District of the Bureau of Reclamation Frank A. Banks bunched together on the right stand on a bridge overlooking the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. Margaret Truman signs autographs, and First Lady Bess Truman is at left. The visit to Grand Coulee was one of Truman's West Coast Presidential Campaign stops. (Same as 66-693) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Truman and Advisors at the Capitol

President Harry S. Truman stands outside the Capitol after addressing a joint session of Congress. Front row (l-r): Secretary of State George C. Marshall; First Lady Bess W. Truman; Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder; President Harry S. Truman. Second row (l-r): Postmaster General Robert Hannegan; Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson; Attorney General Tom C. Clark; Press Secretary Charles Ross.

Army-Navy Football Game

Scene in the stands during the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated behind the Presidential flag on the brick wall are, from left to right: General Wallace Graham, unidentified woman, Averell Harriman, two unidentified women, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, unidentified woman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing directly behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. Seated in the second row, visible between President and Mrs.

Army-Navy Football Game

Scene in the stands during the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated behind the Presidential flag on the brick wall are, from left to right: Averell Harriman (partly obscured), two unidentified women, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, unidentified woman, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Seated behind President Truman is General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.

Show at Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre

First Lady Bess Truman (far right) and others in the audience for the premiere of "Faith of our Fathers" at the Rock Creek Park Sesquicentennial Amphitheatre. Front row, left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, Elizabeth (Mrs. Charles) Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman, Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman, Mrs. Mary Shaw Branton, Margaret Truman, and First Lady Bess W. Truman. Press Secretary Charles Ross is also present (second row, fourth from right). All others are unidentified.

Truman Peering Through Binoculars at Quantico

President Harry S. Truman peering through binoculars, with other dignitaries, watching a weapons demonstration involving amphibious helicopter landings at the United States Marine base at Quantico, Virginia. Seated behind Truman in the second row are, from left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Charles Murphy, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. Seated in the fourth row, behind Mr. Murphy is Joseph Feeney. All others are unidentified.

Truman Opening Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium

President Harry S. Truman holding up two baseballs, one in each hand, preparatory to throwing out the first ball at the opening game of the baseball season, at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Standing in the presidential box, from left to right, are: Admiral Robert Dennison, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Truman, General Robert Landry, Philadelphia Athletics Manager Connie Mack, Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith (partly obscured), Vice-President Alben Barkley, and Washington Senators Manager Bucky Harris.

Truman Opening Baseball Season at Griffith Stadium

President Harry S. Truman shaking hands with Philadelphia Athletics Manager Connie Mack at the opening of baseball season at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Standing in the front row of the presidential box are, from left to right: President Truman, Connie Mack, Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith, and Vice-President Alben Barkley. Seated on the far left of the presidential box is First Lady Bess W. Truman. Seated in the second row of the presidential box is Press Secretary Charles Ross (second from left). All others are unidentified. See also 65-2254.