Presidential vacations

As the sun sets, an unidentified United States sailor lowers the American flag on the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg. This photo was taken during a cruise by First Lady Bess W. Truman and Margaret Truman to Cuba during their vacation to Key West, Florida with President Harry S. Truman.

Chairs and tables are arranged in customary fashion in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, in preparation for meetings with the press. President Harry S. Truman vacationed at the Little White House following the 1948 presidential election.

President Harry S. Truman is the first to deplane from the presidential plane Independence upon arrival at Boca Chica Airfield, Key West, Florida. The president was vacationing after he successfully won election for a second term in office.

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.

Captain Robert Dennison (foreground, left) greets Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (foreground, right) upon his arrival at Boca Chica airfield, Key West, Florida, with an airplane in the background. He is joining President Harry S. Truman for a post-election vacation. Others in background are unidentified.

Captain Robert Dennison (left) greets William Boyle, Assistant to the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (right) upon his arrival at Boca Chica airfield, Key West, Florida, with an airplane in the background. He is joining President Harry S. Truman for a post-election vacation.

Chairs and tables are arranged in customary fashion in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, in preparation for meetings with the press. President Harry S. Truman vacationed at the Little White House following the 1948 presidential election.

President Harry S. Truman (standing) joins Captain Cecil Adell (seated, right) and Honorable A. Maitland Adams, Mayor of Key West, Florida (seated, left) in a car in preparation for traveling to the Little White House in Key West. President Truman is in Key West for a post-election vacation. The presidential plane Independence is in the background. All others are unidentified.

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.