Harry S. Truman's "Little White House"
Since the creation of the American presidency, there have been presidential vacations. Early chief executives such as George Washington, John...
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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