Collection Truman White House 1945 - 1953
President Harry S. Truman was close to his friends and associates, had a grin for strangers, but could be less...
Reporters at the president's desk in 1945
- Date of Work
- 1945
- Medium
- Photo
- Credit
- National Archives and Records Administration
Reporters at the president's desk in 1945
The spacious press room provided a welcome change from crowded gatherings of reporters around the President's desk in the Oval Office as seen in 1945.
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