U.S. Navy

President Harry S. Truman arrives at the Boca Chica Airport en route to the Naval Station, Key West, Florida, for a vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman waves from the back of a motorcar on his way to the Little White House as he arrives in Key West, Florida, for a two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Exterior view of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, showing a path up to the door and part of the south porch, taken when President Harry S. Truman was on vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Exterior view of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, showing a path up to the door and part of the south porch, taken when President Harry S. Truman was on vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Exterior view of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, showing a path up to the door and part of the south porch, taken when President Harry S. Truman was on vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Exterior view of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, showing a path up to the door and part of the south porch, taken when President Harry S. Truman was on Key West, enjoying a vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Exterior view of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, showing path up to the door and part of the south porch, taken when President Harry S. Truman was on Key West enjoying a vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

General Robert Landry poses with his prize catch--a 25-pound Wahoo--caught at Key West, Florida, during President Harry S. Truman's vacation trip to Key West, which he entered in the 1949 Key West Fishing Tournament. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman welcomes General George Marshall and William Pawley to The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy; Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Truman; General Marshall; William Pawley. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. (Original 4x5 negative)

President Harry S. Truman makes an informal inspection of the detachment of Marines detailed to guard the Little White House, Key West, Florida. The Marines were formed up in ranks on the concrete driveway adjacent to the west garden. (See also 2012-610 and 611.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.