Boats and boating

On September 20-21, 1948 a hurricane struck Key West, Florida. A six foot storm surge swamped this small Naval vessel docked at the Naval Air Station. People on the dock are unidentified.

Damage to a garage storing boats and cars at the Key West Naval Air Station. On September 20-21, 1948 a hurricane struck Key West, Florida damaging several of the buildings at the Naval Air Station and killing three people in the area.

River view, believed to have been taken on the Volga River after leaving Stalingrad. According to Thayer's typewritten account of trip, "after luncheon we took the Leningrad-Rostov steamboat down the Volga. We traveled about an hour and a half down the river, passing numerous passenger boats and barges (both pusher and tugs)." Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

River view, believed to have been taken on the Volga River after leaving Stalingrad. According to Thayer's typewritten account of trip, "after luncheon we took the Leningrad-Rostov steamboat down the Volga. We traveled about an hour and a half down the river, passing numerous passenger boats and barges (both pusher and tugs)." Charles W. Thayer accompanied Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Riverfront view, believed to have been taken on the Volga River near Stalingrad. According to Thayer's typewritten account of trip, "after luncheon we took the Leningrad-Rostov steamboat down the Volga. We traveled about an hour and a half down the river, passing numerous passenger boats and barges (both pusher and tugs)." Charles W. Thayer accompanied Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

River view, believed to have been taken on the Volga River after leaving Stalingrad. According to Thayer's typewritten account of trip, "after luncheon we took the Leningrad-Rostov steamboat down the Volga. We traveled about an hour and a half down the river, passing numerous passenger boats and barges (both pusher and tugs)." Charles W. Thayer accompanied Averell Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA).

Photo of former Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair aboard a boat.

Edwin Pauley mans the rudder of his sailboat as he takes Margaret Truman for a sail off Coconut Island in Hawaii where she and her parents are vacationing. (See also series of photos 83-124-1 thru 14.) (From original slide SL2526). From: Truman Home.

Young Bill Saunders stands aloft on the President Harry S. Truman's fishing boat. President Truman went fishing while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

An escort craft trails President Harry S. Truman's boat as they head for the fishing grounds off of Key West, Florida. President Truman went fishing while on vacation in Key West. All on board are unidentified. From the album The President' s Vacation Trip to Key West.