Presidential advisors

President Harry S. Truman (center) joins in the fun of the mock reception for Press Secretary Charles Ross and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly upon their arrival in Key West, Florida. From left to right, Jonathan Daniels, Charles Ross, Matthew Connelly (partially obscured), and President Harry S. Truman. Others are unidentified. President Truman and his advisors and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

Miss Margaret Truman (foreground, left) poses for photographs after President Harry S. Truman's press conference in the north garden of The Little White House. She joined her father in Key West, Florida, for a post-election vacation. Photographers in the foreground and reporters in the background are unidentified. Standing behind Margaret is Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford.

President Harry S. Truman (far left with cane) walks at the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida, accompanied by (from left to right) Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, Leslie Biffle, Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William D. Leahy, William J. Bray, and an unidentified naval officer (mostly obscured by Leahy). President Truman and his advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington (left) and Washington State Governor Monrad Wallgren as they pose for pictures in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. In the background on the left is Special Counsel Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified. President Truman and members of his staff and advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center foreground) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers who are gathered in front of him are unidentified. Seated second from the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman (front left) walks with Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, followed by Leslie Biffle (left) and William J. Bray (right) at the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida. President Truman and his advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) participates in the mock reception of Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (far right) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (left of Connelly) to Key West, Florida by unidentified person. Also present are (from left to right) Assistant to the President John R. Steelman, governor of Washington Monrad Wallgren, and writer Jonathan Daniels. Truman and his advisers and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

Miss Margaret Truman (back to camera, third from left) talks with Department of State Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward while her mother, First Lady Bess Truman and two unidentified men look on. The Trumans and their guests were on board the ship Big Wheel off Key West, Florida. They joined President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) for a post-election vacation in Key West.

President Harry S. Truman (far right with cane) tour Fort Jefferson National Monument with members of his White House staff and advisors. Also present are First Lady Bess Truman (foreground, in solid dress) and Margaret Truman (foreground, in patterned dress). All others are unidentified. The Truman family and staff were on a post-election vacation.

State Department Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward fishes while on board the Big Wheel off Key West, Florida. He joined President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) on a post-election vacation in Key West.