Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Captain Cecil Adell (far right) presents civic officials and a group of senior naval officers to President Harry S. Truman (foreground right, with cane) in Key West, Florida. President Truman was in Key West on a vacation.

Senator Harry S. Truman wearing an attendee badge for the 1944 Veterans of Foreign Wars convention.

President Harry S. Truman (far right with cane) tour Fort Jefferson National Monument with members of his White House staff and advisors. Also present are First Lady Bess Truman (foreground, in solid dress) and Margaret Truman (foreground, in patterned dress). All others are unidentified. The Truman family and staff were on a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (at far right with cane) listens as a guide conducts a tour of Fort Jefferson National Monument, off of Key West, Florida. Other members of President Truman's party are unidentified. President Truman and members of his staff visited Fort Jefferson and Key West while on a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (with hat and cane on left) and his party are given a tour of Fort Jefferson National Monument by one of the historical guides at Fort Jefferson, off of Key West, Florida. Standing on the right of President Truman is First Lady Bess W. Truman. All others are unidentified. President Truman and members of his staff took a post-election vacation in Key West.

(L-R) Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, unidentified naval officer, and First Lady Bess Truman on board the ships The Big Wheel on the way to Fort Jefferson National Monument, which is off the coast of Key West, Florida. They are in Florida for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman stands in his Lincoln convertible automobile and waves at the welcoming Key West, Florida crowd on his way to the Little White House as Captain Cecil Adell sits in the center. Naval signal flags flutter in the breeze over the street. President Truman is in Key West for a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, President Harry S. Truman, and Mr. Leslie Biffle pose outside the Little White House upon the gentlemen's arrival. President Truman is in Key West for a post-election vacation. Others in background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman is the first to deplane from the presidential plane Independence upon arrival at Boca Chica Airfield, Key West, Florida. The president was vacationing after he successfully won election for a second term in office.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party pose for photograph in the garden of the Little White House. Back row, left to right: Administrative Assistant to the President Donald Dawson, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford, Stanley Woodward, General Wallace Graham, Captain Robert Dennison, William J. Bray, Jonathan Daniels. Front row, left to right: Correspondence Secretary William D.