Presidential advisors

Dr. Emerson dresses a bruise on John Steelman's leg while on vacation with President Harry S. Truman in Key West, Florida. Standing in the background behind the bench are, from left to right: William Hassett, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and General Harry Vaughan. Seated on the right is President Truman (foreground, back to camera). All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

Special Assistant to the President John Steelman sits after having his bruised leg seen by Dr. Emerson while on vacation with President Harry S. Truman in Key West, Florida. Standing behind Mr. Steelman are Press Secretary Charles Ross (left) and Correspondence Secretary William Hassett (right). From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

President Harry S. Truman sits on the ground nearby as Dr. Emerson patches up John Steelman's (seated on bench) bruised leg in the background while on a vacation trip to Key West, Florida. Standing behind the bench are Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Press Secretary Charles Ross, and General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

From left to right Admiral James Foskett, John Steelman, Mr. Neal Helm, President Truman, General Harry Vaughan and Press Secretary Charles Ross relax under palm trees while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

Caretaker of Fort Jefferson, Russell A. Gibbs, guides the presidential party atop Fort Jefferson National Historic Site in Dry Tortugas, Florida. The party includes: President Harry S. Truman (second from left), Admiral William Leahy, Edwin Locke, John Steelman, Press Secretary Charles G. Ross (plaid cap), newspaper correspondent Felix Belair (hand cupped to ear), and Chief C.J. Langello, USN. Truman visited the Fort during his vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and his party on a tour of the interior of Fort Jefferson National Monument, Mr. Russell Gibbs, custodian, conducting. Others pictured include: Captain James Foskett, Clark Clifford, Edwin Locke, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary Charles Ross, Admiral Charles Styer, and Chief C.J. Langello, USN (in background). President Truman and his party traveled to the Fort on Dry Tortugas while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground left with cane) leaves on a deep sea fishing trip with Admiral William D. Leahy (foreground second from left), Captain James H. Foskett (behind Leahy, mostly obscured), and Mr. Edwin Locke (in white, behind Leahy) while on vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; French Ambassador Henri Bonnet; President of France Vincent Auriol; and Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman look at an album of National Park pictures that President Truman gave to President Auriol. W. Averell Harriman, Special Assistant to the President (standing, left), looks on. All others unidentified.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's party relaxing on the after deck of his yacht, the U.S.S. Williamsburg, as the U.S.S. William C. Lawe provides escort in the background, during a vacation cruise to Key West, Florida. From left to right: David Stowe, John Steelman, William D. Hassett, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Press Secretary Chares Ross, Brigadier General Wallace Graham, Major General Harry Vaughan (wearing plaid shirt), and Brigadier General Robert Landry.

President Harry S. Truman (standing far left)holds press conference while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Also present are, from left to right, Admiral William Leahy (behind Truman, mostly obscured), General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, David Niles (wearing sunglasses, partly obscured), Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Clark Clifford. On the right, leaning on the back of a chair, is Margaret Truman. All others are unidentified.