Presidential trips

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.

President Harry S. Truman and unidentified others on the rear platform of a train stopped in Chicago, Illinois, at the first leg of his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Dining room of the Little White House in Key West, Florida, decorated for Thanksgiving. President Harry S. Truman, his family and members of his White House staff celebrated Thanksgiving in Key West during his vacation there.

Left to Right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice Admiral Harry W. Hill greet an unidentified athlete at the military academy track meet held at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Also present is Press Secretary Joseph Short (behind Truman, wearing glasses and hat) and Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (seated, far right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) examines Secretary of the Army Frank Pace's (front row, second from right) tie at the Army-Navy baseball game at Annapolis, Maryland, while Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball (left) looks on. Also present is Margaret (Mrs. Frank) Pace (behind and to the right of President Truman). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, left, in civilian clothes) receives greeting from United States Naval Academy cadets at Annapolis, Maryland. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center left in dark suit) and Secretary of the Army Frank Pace (center right in light suit) exchange greeting with the cadet captains of both the Army and Navy baseball teams during a trip to Annapolis, Maryland. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Secretary of the Navy Dan A. Kimball, President Harry S. Truman, and Vice Admiral Harry S. Hill at the Army-Navy baseball game at Annapolis, Maryland. Standing behind Secretary Kimball, mostly obscured is Admiral Robert Dennison. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground in suit) greets the baseball captains of the Navy and Army teams while Secretary Frank Pace (behind Truman in hat) visits with the crowd while on a visit to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Also present is Vice Admiral H. W. Hill (standing beside Truman). All others are unidentified.