Featured The Life and Presidency of Harry S. Truman
The White House Historical Association’s 2018 White House Christmas Ornament honors Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United St...
Reporters using telephones in White House press room
- Date of Work
- ca. 1937
- Medium
- photo
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Reporters using telephones in White House press room
Reporters use telephones located in the White House Press Room to call the day’s stories into their news desks, c. 1937.
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