Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from right) chats with Admiral Charles Styer (right) while members of his party are greeted by station officers. They are debarking President Truman's plane upon their arrival at Boca Chica, Florida for a vacation. Photo in the album, The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946. Behind President Truman is Captain James Foskett. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff are walking on the beach at the submarine base during President Truman's vacation. From left to right: Captain James Foskett (partly obscured), Edwin Locke, Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured), President Truman, and General Wallace Graham. Photo in album, The President's Vacation Trip Key West 17-23 November 1946.

President Harry S. Truman (right) is greeted by Admiral Charles W. Styer upon his arrival at Boca Chica for a vacation. President Truman's plane can been seen in the background. Photo from the album, The President's Vacation Trip to Key West 17-23 November 1946. All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson after returning to Washington, D.C. from Key West, Florida. From left to right: Johnson; Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman; Fleet Admiral William Leahy; Truman; and Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (behind Chapman) is also pictured. All others unidentified. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook.

President Harry S. Truman (center) visits with Press Secretary Joseph Short (left) and Roger Tubby (right) after a press conference held in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. This photo was taken during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. All others are unidentified.

President Truman (seated center, in dark jacket with white collar) give press a conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. Standing behind President Truman are select members of his staff that joined him on vacation. From left to right: four unidentified men, John Steelman, Roger Tubby, Joseph Feeney, Charles Murphy, William Hassett, Press Secretary Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified.

President Truman (seated center, in dark jacket with white collar) give press a conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. Standing behind President Truman are select members of his staff that joined him on vacation. From left to right: four unidentified men, Roger Tubby, unidentified man, John Steelman, Charles Murphy, Joseph Feeney, William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy, Press Secretary Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Robert Landry.

Unidentified reporters and photographers at a press conference held in garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida, during President Harry S. Truman's ninth vacation visit.

President Truman (seated center, in dark jacket with white collar) give press a conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West.

President Harry S. Truman (seated center, in dark shirt with white collar) gives press a conference in the north garden of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. This press conference took place during President Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West. Standing behind President Truman are select members of his staff that joined him on vacation. From left to right: two unidentified men, Roger Tubby, unidentified man, John Steelman, Charles Murphy, Joseph Feeney, William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy, Press Secretary Joseph Short, Admiral Robert Dennison, and General Robert Landry.