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Truman with Vacation Guests

President Harry S. Truman poses at the airport at Boca Chica, Florida with newly arrived vacation guests. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Judge Caskie Collet, President Truman, John R. Steelman, and General Harry Vaughan. Photo in the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

Chapmans in Virgin Islands

Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (second from right) makes a radio broadcast upon his arrival on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Also pictured: Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (left); and Governor Morris Fidanque de Castro (right). All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Cabinet Greets Queen of the Netherlands

President Harry S. Truman (left, back to camera) stands with Queen Juliana (right of Truman with fur coat) and Prince Bernhard Leopold (right of Juliana in military garb) as they greet members of Truman's Cabinet at Washington National Airport. Standing in line from left to right: two unidentified people; Director of Mutual Security Administration W. Averell Harriman; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (shaking hands with Queen Juliana); Nell (Mrs.

Queen of Netherlands Visits

From left to right: Nell (Mrs. Jesse) Donaldson; Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer; Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman; Caroline (Mrs. John F.) Simmons; and Chief of Protocol John F. Simmons wait at Washington National Airport for the Queen of the Netherlands to arrive. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

Churchill Arrives in Washington

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (foreground) stands outside President Truman's plane, the Independence, after arriving at Washington National Airport. Also pictured: President Harry S. Truman (center, back to camera); British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden (background, second from left); and Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to the United States (background, third from left). All others are unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook