U.S. Navy

President Harry S. Truman, center, conducts a staff meeting outside the Little White House during his vacation trip to Key West, Florida. From left to right: Press Secretary Charles Ross (mostly obscured behind Steelman), Assistant to the President John R. Steelman, Charles Murphy, Clark Clifford, Frank Pace and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party are posing from a group photograph outside the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: John R. Steelman, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, William Hassett. Second row, left to right: Stephen Spingarn, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Press Secretary Charles Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham and David Niles.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with two young children while walking at a naval base somewhere in the Caribbean during his trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba and Key West. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (left) speaks from the rear platform of a train at an unknown stop during his trip to the West Coast. The man on the right is General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (wearing white cap) shakes hands with Comdr. G.H. Whiting of Lumberton, NC, during the presentation of a Bronze Star. Admiral William Leahy is standing next to President Truman, in forefront. They stand in Key West, Florida in front of the USS Howard W. Gilmore.

President Harry S. Truman steps out of his airplane, the Sacred Cow, after the plane landed at Boca Chica, Florida, for a stay at Key West. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd gathers at the Jefferson City, Missouri train station waiting to see President Harry S. Truman as he returns from a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Former President Harry S. Truman gives a press conference while on vacation in Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman and unidentified others on the rear platform of a train stopped in Chicago, Illinois, at the first leg of his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Dining room of the Little White House in Key West, Florida, decorated for Thanksgiving. President Harry S. Truman, his family and members of his White House staff celebrated Thanksgiving in Key West during his vacation there.