Presidential vacations

Commander H. F. Wells, Commander of the USS Sarsfield (left), welcomes Admiral William Leahy (foreground, right) aboard for a cruise to the Dry Tortugas Islands. Also present is Admiral Robert Dennison (far right, between two sailors). They are members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Robert Dennison (right), the Naval Aide to the President, presenting the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil C. Adell (foreground, facing Dennison), commander of the U.S. Naval Base at Key West, Florida. He is presenting the award on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy in honor of the base's excellent safety record. This presentation took place while President Harry S. Truman was on vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Robert Dennison (foreground, left), the Naval Aide to the President, presenting the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil C. Adell (foreground, second from left), commander of the U.S. Naval Base at Key West, Florida. He is presenting the award on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy in honor of the base's excellent safety record. Captain Adell is talking to President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from left, in civilian clothes), who was in Key West on vacation. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Robert Dennison, the Naval Aide to the President, presenting the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil C. Adell (foreground), commander of the U.S. Naval Base at Key West, Florida, in honor of the base's excellent safety record. President Harry S. Truman has his back to the camera on left. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, center right, in suit and hat) speaking at the presentation of the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Naval Station (foreground, right, in naval uniform next to Truman). He is standing in front of a group of reporters and photographers, all of whom are unidentified. Truman was in Key West, Florida on vacation. Also present is Admiral Robert Dennison (foreground right, in naval uniform), President Truman's Naval Aide, who presented the award on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy.

A courier, Navy Lieutenant R. B. Chevalier, upon his arrival at the Boca Chica airport with pouches of White House mail for President Harry S. Truman, during the President's vacation in Key West, Florida. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right, in suit and hat) speaking at the presentation of the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Naval Station (foreground, right). He is standing in front of a group of reporters and photographers, all of whom are unidentified. Truman was in Key West, Florida on vacation.

President Harry S. Truman inspects the Marines who guard the "Little White House," his vacation residence in Key West, Florida. President Truman is in front of the formation in civilian clothes wearing a hat. All others are unidentified.

Rear Admiral Robert Dennison (right), the Naval Aide to the President, presenting the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil C. Adell (foreground, facing Dennison), commander of the U.S. Naval Base at Key West, Florida. He is presenting the award on behalf of the Secretary of the Navy in honor of the base's excellent safety record. This presentation took place while President Harry S. Truman was on vacation in Key West. President Truman is standing with the group on the right, wearing a wide-brim hat with his hands behind his back. All others are unidentified.

Courier with mail pouch stops by during President Harry S. Truman's vacation at the Little White House in Key West, Florida, as staff members look on. From left to right: Administrative Assistant David Stowe, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Assistant to the President John Steelman and Special Counsel Charles Murphy. All others are unidentified.