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President Truman Sees His Family Off For a Day of Fishing Off Key West

2013-3210
Accession Number
2013-3210
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348542362
Keywords
Children of presidents
Presidential vacations
Presidents
Ships
HST Keywords
Ships - Big Wheel; Truman - Margaret - Family - HST [with]; Truman - Margaret - Trips - Key West; Truman - Trips - Key West - 1948
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Truman, Margaret (Mary Margaret), 1924-2008
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Description
President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from left) greets an unidentified naval officer while Miss Margaret Truman (right) looks on. The President had escorted Miss Truman and her mother, Mrs. Bess Truman (not pictured) to the dock where they would embark on a day of fishing off Key West on board the ship Big Wheel. The family was in Key West for a post-election vacation.
Date(s)
November 15, 1948