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President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference at Key West, Florida

President Harry S. Truman (front left) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, during his post-election vacation. Behind the President, left to right, are General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington, and Clark Clifford. Margaret Truman is leaning over a chair to the right. (Same as photo 64-450). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Truman Holds a Press Conference in Key West

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hands on hips) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, while on a post-election vacation. Standing behind the President, from left to right are Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by flash camera), Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington and Clark Clifford. (Same as 2013-3160) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference at the Little White House, Key West, Florida

President Harry S. Truman holds a post-election press conference during his vacation in Key West, Florida. Members of the media are unidentified. Seated second from the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing behind Truman (from left to right) are two unidentified men, Department of State Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward, Captain Robert Dennison, Washington State Governor Monrad Wallgren, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan (party obscured by Truman), Administrative Assistant David Niles, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Special Counsel Clark Clifford.

President Harry S. Truman Holds a Press Conference, Key West, Florida

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center) holds a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on post-election vacation in Key West, Florida. Of those who can be identified, standing behind Truman are (from left to right) Captain Robert Dennison, Washington State Governor Mon Wallgren, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Special Counsel Clark Clifford. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Truman Poses with Stuart Symington and Governor Mon Wallgren in Key West

President Harry S. Truman (center) poses with Secretary Stuart Symington (left) and Washington State Governor Monrad Wallgren (right) who joined the President during his two-week vacation at Key West, Florida. In the background, second from the west is Clark Clifford. (Same as 2013-3223.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. (Original 4x5 negative)

Governor Wallgren and David K. Niles prepare to enter President Truman's quarters at Key West

Governor Mon C. Wallgren (State of Washington) and Mr. David K. Niles (Administrative Assistant to the President) arrive to join President Harry S. Truman's party at the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (Same as 98-1334) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.