Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman enjoys the nice spring weather in Key West, sitting on the lawn with Neal Helm (left) and General Harry Vaughan (right). The photographer in the background is unidentified. From the album the President's Vacation Trip to Key West. 17-23 November 1946.

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.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) greets two of the people who live on Dry Tortugas, Florida. Truman visited the island while on his vacation in Key West. Others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from left) on the inside grounds of Fort Jefferson National Historic Site at Dry Tortugas, Florida. Truman visited the Fort while on vacation in Key West. Others include: Admiral Charles Styer, Captain James Foskett, Dr. John Steelman, Ft. Jefferson caretaker Russell Gibbs, Admiral William Leahy, and Edwin Locke (behind the president). From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from left) bids farewell to local officials at the Naval Air Station, Boca Chica, Florida. Truman spent his vacation in Key West and returned to Washington, D.C. via the airport at Boca Chica. Others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

Caretaker of Fort Jefferson, Russell A. Gibbs, guides the presidential party atop Fort Jefferson National Historic Site in Dry Tortugas, Florida. The party includes: President Harry S. Truman (second from left), Admiral William Leahy, Edwin Locke, John Steelman, Press Secretary Charles G. Ross (plaid cap), newspaper correspondent Felix Belair (hand cupped to ear), and Chief C.J. Langello, USN. Truman visited the Fort during his vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

Captain Bra Saunders, 70-year old fishing guide (left), unhooks a 3 pound yellowtail for President Harry S. Truman (center) while Captain James Foskett works to catch a fish (right). Truman went fishing off the Dry Tortugas Islands while on his vacation in Key West, Florida. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hat and binoculars) and his party leave the Fort Jefferson National Historic Site at Dry Tortugas, Florida. President Truman visited Dry Tortugas during his vacation in Key West. Others include Russell Gibbs, caretaker of Ft. Jefferson, General Harry Vaughan, Admiral William Leahy, and Secret Service Agent John Gorham. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, fourth from left) bids farewell to members of the Florida State Highway Patrol at the end of his vacation in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946.