Presidential residences

Snapshot of Bess Truman sits in an easy chair, book in hand, beside a fireplace at Blair House, Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman sits in an easy chair, book in hand, beside a fireplace at Blair House, Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

Bess Truman poses for a three-quarter length formal portrait at Blair House, Washington, D.C. From: Truman Home.

Another view of the commandant's quarters at Key West, where President Harry S. Truman stayed during his vacation in Key West, Florida. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

A front view of President Harry S. Truman's vacation quarters in Key West, Florida. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

President Harry S. Truman (center, seated in chair) with unidentified members of the White House Photographers Association on the lawn of President Truman's vacation residence in Key West, Florida. Seated on the far left is Press Secretary Charles Ross. From the album the President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

View of the Oval Office taken from behind President Harry S. Truman's desk.

Southwest view from the east basement entrance of White House during renovation. The Allis Chalmers Cletrac Diesel-powered shovel is being used to excavate below the basement floor. The earth is carried outside the opening in the south wall and loaded on trucks by a truck crane. Same as 71-285.

The exterior of President Harry S. Truman's vacation residence, the Little White House at Key West, Florida.

Unidentified attendees of the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House.