Presidential advisors

President Harry S. Truman (sixth from the left) enjoys a fishing trip in Puget Sound, Washington with General Harry H. Vaughan (second from the left), Press Secretary Charles G. Ross (fourth from the left), Secret Service Agent George Drescher (fifth from left), and Governor Monrad C. Wallgren (seventh from the left). Also present is Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (eighth from left, wearing pinstripe suit). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party pose for a group photograph in the north garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: William D. Hassett, Senator Alben W. Barkley, President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy, John R. Steelman. Back row, left to right: Donald S. Dawson, Eben A. Ayers, Colonel Robert B. Landry, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Clark M. Clifford, Stanley Woodward, Brigadier General Wallace H. Graham, Captain Robert L. Dennison, William J. Bray, and Jonathan W. Daniels.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hat and cane) and members of his vacation party stand on the veranda of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, and prepare to go for a walk. From left to right are Leslie Biffle; Admiral William D. Leahy, an unidentified naval officer (mostly obscured by Leahy), President Truman, Vice-President Elect Alben Barkley, Jonathan Daniels (behind Barkley) and William J. Bray. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

John R. Steelman, dressed in cowboy attire, is attending the National Electrical Contractors' Barbeque held in Houston, Texas.

Portrait of John R. Steelman.

Portrait of John R. Steelman.

John R. Steelman (center) poses next to a bust of himself placed in the Governor of Arkansas's office. With Steelman are Mary and Louise Bowen.

John R. Steelman (right), assistant to President Harry S. Truman, makes friends with 5-year old Barbara Cox who represented the District of Columbia Society for Crippled Children at the showing of "The Roosevelt Story" in Washington. The film "The Roosevelt Story" is a documentary of the life of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

John R. Steelman (left) speaks an unidentified man as they admire the bust of Steelman that was placed in the governor's office. The photograph has "Best Wishes, John R. Steelman" inscribed across the bottom.

John P. Redmond (left), President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, presents an honorary membership in the organization to John R. Steelman (right) at the Statler Hotel, Washington D.C.