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President Truman Aboard the U.S.S. Williamsburg with Rear Admiral Robert Dennison, Charles Ross and Charles Murphy

President Harry S. Truman seated aboard the U.S.S. Williamsburg. Left to right: Charles Murphy, President Truman, Rear Admiral Robert Dennison, and Press Secretary Charles Ross. They are on a trip to Key West, Florida. Same as 66-845. From: Album gift from Admiral Robert Dennison.

Truman Family Visit Fort Jefferson National Monument

The Truman family (Harry, Bess, and Margaret) visit Fort Jefferson National Monument, in the Dry Tortugas off Key West, Florida. Mrs. Truman and Margaret are shown with John Steelman (second from left in white hat), Stanley Woodward (behind President with no hat), Admiral William Leahy (far right) and Leslie Biffle in front of Mrs. Truman. From: album from Captain Robert L. Dennison.

Truman and others leaving little White House, Potsdam

President Harry S. Truman leaves his temporary "White House" to attend a meeting of the Potsdam Conference. Behind President Truman on the stairs, from left to right, is Captain James K. Vardaman, U. S. Navy, the President's naval aide; and Brigadier General Harry H. Vaughan, his military aide. The Little White House is the residence of President Truman during the Potsdam Conference in Germany. From Frank Gatteri, U.S. Army Photographer

Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson with Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer and Labor Advisor John R. Steelman

Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson (center) is shown leaving the White House with Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer (left) and John R. Steelman, Labor Advisor to the President. The men are coming from a discussion with President Truman and his cabinet concerning the steel wage-price dispute which had an April 8th strike deadline.

Admiral Arthur W. Radford and W. Averell Harriman at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii

Admiral Arthur W. Radford (left), USN (Commander-in-Chief, Pacific), greets W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President, upon President Truman's arrival at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, after his historic meeting with General MacArthur at Wake Island. (Same as 98-1157 - Album - Oct. 11-18, 1950) From: The Album - A Memento of the Visit of the President of the United States - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 13 October to 16 October, 1950.

George C. Marshall being sworn in as Secretary of State

George Marshall taking the oath of office with, pictured from left, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Admiral William D. Leahy, Rear Admiral James H. Foskett (partly obscured by Leahy), General Harry H. Vaughan, John W. Snyder, Tom C. Clark, George C. Marshall (foreground), President Harry S. Truman (standing behind desk), General Walter Bedell Smith (background, next to Clark), Clinton P. Anderson, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, Julius A. Krug (next to Anderson), unidentified photographer, James F. Byrnes, and Lewis B. Schwellenbach. Autographed by all present. Photographers are not identified.