Silent Scrum

Early 1920s scrum of newsreel photographers interviewing Calvin Coolidge.

At the White House – 1948

Newsmen and television cameramen prepare to record President Truman at the White House in 1948

Capitol Presser

Newsreel and still photographers photographing a big wig in Washington D. C.

The White House "Gang" – May 1918

Founding members of the White House News Photographers Association

Left to right: Hal Hall, Joe Johnson, Harry M. VanTine, J.C. Brown, Alley West, Arthur Leonard, Tommy Baltzell, Frank Cullen, George Dorsey, (White House Gardener, behind Doresy), Charles Simons, (White House policeman)

1920 Washington D. C. Press Corps

This photo shows the battery of camera men which the President faces every day when he goes to ride. Although these photographers have spent most of their time at the White House for the past two weeks none of them have as yet been able to get a picture of the President.

Photo taken March 15, 1920.

1951 Whitehouse Newsreel Press Corps

Newsreel photographers and technicians on the White House lawn, July 18, 1951

Photographed: John “Bocky” Bockhorst, Tommy Craven, Deon DeTitta, Bernard M. Desner, Clarence Ellis, George Gerlach, Robert Hess, Murray Huey, Hugo Johnson, John Langenegger, James Lyons, Al O’Eth, Ray Redman, Andrew M. Selover, Charlie Shurt, Alfred R. Simonson, and Harry Tiegander

Presser at the White House, 1946

News crews film President Truman and General Montgomery outside the White House on September 11, 1946

1945 White House Presser

Photographers and crews from various news agencies in the White House for a press conference on August 10, 1945.