U.S. Navy

Distance view of the Little White House and the complex at Key West, Florida. This photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's ninth vacation trip to Key West.

President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of State James F. Byrnes shown together on deck of the U.S.S. Augusta during voyage to attend the Potsdam conference in Germany.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) having his picture taken by unidentified photographers while at his desk in the "Little White House." Truman is dictating to Yeoman Emil Kesselman, while on vacation at Key West, Florida.

Truman Beach at Key West, Florida, with members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party wading in the surf. All are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, left) having his picture taken by unidentified photographers while at his desk in the "Little White House." Truman is dictating to Yeoman Emil Kesselman, while on vacation at Key West, Florida.

Fleet Admiral William Leahy, the retired Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, sitting in the shade and watching members of President Harry S. Truman's party swimming off of Truman Beach during President Truman's vacation at Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.

Member of President Harry S. Truman's staff parked their cars along Truman Beach in Key West, Florida, where they joined President Truman on vacation.

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.