Presidential advisors

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.

Portrait of John R. Steelman.

Thomas C. Cashen (left), former President of the Switchmen's Union and retiring chief of the Railway Labor Executives' Association, receives the President's Certificate of Merit from John R. Steelman (center). President Harry Fraser (right) of the Order of Railroad Conductors succeeded Cashen as Chairman of the Railway Labor Executives' Association.