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President Harry S. Truman (left), riding with Captain Cecil Adell, waving his hat to spectators as he rides in a limousine from the airport at Boca Chica, bound for his vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.

Crowds of spectators lining the route of President Harry S. Truman's motorcade from the airport at Boca Chica to Key West, on the first day of the President's Florida vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shaking hands with Captain Cecil C. Adell (right), Commander of the U.S. Naval Base at Key West, Florida, upon arriving at the Boca Chica airport to begin his Florida vacation at Key West.

President Harry S. Truman rides in a limousine that carries him to the Little White House, his vacation residence in Key West, Florida. In the back seat of the car, from left to right are: President Truman; Captain Cecil Adell, commanding officer of the naval base at Key West; and Admiral William D. Leahy. All others are unidentified.

Two unidentified men holding a fish caught by one of the members of President Harry S. Truman's staff while on vacation with the President in Key West, Florida.

Crowds of spectators lining Truman Avenue on the route of President Harry S. Truman's motorcade from the airport at Boca Chica to Key West, on the first day of the President's Florida vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) inspecting the Marine Guard at the Little White House in Key West, Florida, at the beginning of his vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) dictating a response to a telegram to Navy Yeoman Emil Kesselman at his desk in the "Little White House," his vacation residence in Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman rides in a limousine that carries him to the Little White House, his vacation residence in Key West, Florida. In the back seat of the car, from left to right are: President Truman (partly obscured); Captain Cecil Adell, commanding officer of the naval base at Key West; and Admiral William D. Leahy. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waving to spectators from his limousine during his motorcade from the Boca Chica airport to Key West, at the beginning of his Florida vacation. Riding with him are Captain Cecil Adell (center) and Admiral William Leahy (far left). Others are unidentified.