Presidential trips

Harbor at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, as seen from Bluebeard Hill, on the occasion of President Harry S. Truman's visit to the Virgin Islands.

The large crowd gathered at the harbor at Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands awaiting the arrival of President Harry S. Truman. Truman visited St. Croix during a vacation cruise of the area.

President Harry S. Truman delivers an address while visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico. Behind the President (from left to right): Colonel Robert B. Landry, Air Force Aide to the President; Honorable Julius A. Krug, Secretary of the Interior; Honorable Jesus T. Pinero, Governor of Puerto Rico; Honorable Luis Munoz Marin, President of the Puerto Rican Senate; Vice-Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, Commander Caribbean Sea Frontier; Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Army Aide to the President, Captain Robert L. Dennison, Naval Aide to the President. The speech took place at the San Juan Naval Air Station.

Stanley Woodward (left) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (second from left) stand next to John R. Steelman (third from left) onboard the USS Missouri as sailors and Navy officers gather for the Crossing the Equator Ceremony. The notation on the back of the photo reads, "Mr. Ross and JRS looking for King Neptune to come aboard." They are on board the USS Missouri with President Harry S. Truman as he returned to the United States from a visit to Brazil. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with two young children while walking at a naval base somewhere in the Caribbean during his trip to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Cuba and Key West. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman, while in Springfield, Missouri for the 35th Division Reunion, shakes hands with Jana Kay Hall of Marshfield, Missouri. President Truman is walking from his hotel to the Shrine Mosque for a breakfast. Donor: Chicago Sun Times.

Flag salute ceremony during President Harry S. Truman's stopover at Honolulu on his way to Wake Island conference. Admiral Arthur Radford and Col. Manning Tillery accompany the President.

President Harry S. Truman (left) speaks from the rear platform of a train at an unknown stop during his trip to the West Coast. The man on the right is General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd gathers at the Jefferson City, Missouri train station waiting to see President Harry S. Truman as he returns from a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

This photograph is of the dignitaries assembled at the ceremony for Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. John D. Hawk in Olympia, Washington. The award was presented by President Harry S. Truman (who is not visible in the photo). None of the dignitaries were identified in this photo.