Does our contributor have a camera owned by the first woman to serve as a White House photographer?
A quick search tells our contributor that Marion Carpenter was the first female wire service photographer assigned to the White House. She covered the Truman administration.
Did this camera belong to Marion Carpenter? Did she use it to photograph President Truman?
History Detectives visits the White House Pressroom and the Washington Post to find answers.
View more photos taken by Marion Carpenter.
Also in Season 9 African American Comic Book Did the makers of this 1950s comic book have more than romance on their minds?
Also in Depression and WWII: 1929-1945 Duke Ellington Plates What is the story behind the printing plates for this famous Jazz song?
Also with Wes Cowan Mankato Spoon What does this delicate silver spoon have to do with the largest mass execution in American history?
Also with Wes Cowan Slave Songbook Are these tattered pages the earliest record of music created by slaves?