Presidential advisors

President Harry S. Truman (third from left), General Harry Vaughan (fourth from left), and crew members of the USS Williamsburg on Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda catch their first look at their destination. Naval officers are unidentified. From the album, "Vacation cruise of the President, Aug.-Sept., 1946, Vol. II."

President Harry S. Truman is joined by Captain James H. Foskett, U.S.N., President's Naval Aide, Colonel Wallace H. Graham, President's Personal Physician, and Honorable Clark M. Clifford, the President's Special Counsel, during his vacation cruise to Bermuda aboard the SS Williamsburg. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) waits to go ashore in Bermuda. Gen. Harry Vaughan is second from left; John Adams, radio correspondent, is at right. Others are unidentified. From the album, "Vacation Cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

(From left to right) Captain James H. Foskett, President's Naval Aide; Admiral Sir Irvine Glennie, Commander in Chief of the British West Indies Fleet; President Harry S. Truman; and Major General Harry H. Vaughan, President's Military Aide, confer on the fantail of the SS Williamsburg during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

Members of President Truman's party enjoying the sun on the flying bridge of the President's yacht, the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG, during their vacation cruise to Rhode Island and Bermuda: (left to right) General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President; George Allen, Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Commander Emerson, the ship's doctor; and Treasury Secretary John Snyder. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

President Truman's Military Aide, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, United States Army, dons the Naval aide's cap as a joke as he stands on the SS Williamsburg during President Harry S. Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

(From left to right) Major General Harry H. Vaughan, USA, President's Military Aide, Mr. J.J. Rowley, Secret Service, and President Harry S. Truman on the flying bridge of the SS Williamsburg during Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President Vol. 1 of 4" From James Foskett.

(From the left side of the circle to the right)Unidentified man, Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder; Mr. Theodore "Ted" Marks; President Harry S. Truman; Major General Harry R. Vaughan, U.S.A., the President's Military Aide; Charles G. Ross, the President's Press Secretary; Clark M. Clifford, the President's Special Counsel (party obscured by Mr. Ross); and Honorable George E. Allen, Director, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, sit and have a chat on the fantail of the SS Williamsburg, the ship carrying the President to Bermuda.

Photograph of President Harry S. Truman (seated at right) and appointment secretary Matthew J. Connelly (standing) taken in the Oval Office. Photo is signed "To my good friend and fellow laborer Charles Ross from Matt Connelly". Photo has two horizontal scratches in image. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.

A snapshot showing a comical view of Charlie Ross and others on board the USS Missouri as they cross the Equator during President Truman's return trip from Brazil. Left to right: Admiral Robert Dennison, John Steelman, Charles Ross. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.