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President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party pose for photograph in the garden of the Little White House. Back row, left to right: Administrative Assistant to the President Donald Dawson, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford, Stanley Woodward, General Wallace Graham, Captain Robert Dennison, William J. Bray, Jonathan Daniels. Front row, left to right: Correspondence Secretary William D.

President Harry S. Truman (center with cane) and members of his vacation party prepare to go for a walk. From left to right, Leslie Biffle, Admiral William D. Leahy, unidentified naval officer mostly obscured by Leahy, President Truman, Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, Jonathan Daniels (behind Barkley) and William J. Bray.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) greets Senator and Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath (left) upon his arrival at the Little White House, Key West, Florida. He flew to Key West to join President Truman on a post-election vacation. Also present is Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers (third from left) and Assistant to the Democratic National Committee Chairman William Boyle (fourth from left, partly obscured). Others are unidentified.

In the back seat of the car are Senator J. Howard McGrath, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, (right) and Mr. William M. Boyle, Assistant to the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, (second from right) after they arrive in Key West, Florida from Washington, D.C. They were met at Boca Chica Airfield by Naval Aide to the President Captain Robert Dennison (front seat of car). Their airplane can be seen in the background. They flew to Key West to join President Harry S. Truman on a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (in hat) talks with several members of his party as they relax on the Enlisted Men's Beach at the naval station at Key West, Florida. Among those present are Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (standing, second from right) and Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers (right). Truman was in Key West for a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (far right with back to camera) and others on board the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg during a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford; Ted Marks; unidentified Navy officer; unidentified man; Press Secretary Charles Ross (back to camera); Major General Harry Vaughan; George Allen; and President Truman.

As part of a joke played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (background, right, in suit and tie), an African-American marching band led Mr. Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by trumpeter) into the gates of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They were in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman on vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hands on hips) holds a press conference in the garden of The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing behind the President, from left to right are: Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by camera flash bulb) Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington and Clark Clifford. All other reporters and photographers are unidentified.

In a joke being played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross upon their arrival at Key West, Florida, African-American baton twirlers and a marching band lead them to the Little White House. They are in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman and his party on vacation. Mr. Ross can be seen on the far left, behind the band, wearing a bow tie. On the extreme right, from right to left, are Stanley Woodward, General Harry Vaughan, Margaret Truman, and General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

From left to right in the foreground, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, President Harry S. Truman and Washington State Governor Monrad Wallgren pose for pictures at The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. In the background on the left is Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified.