Presidential vacations

The Governor of Bermuda, Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, arrives on a small yacht to pay his respects and welcome President Harry S. Truman's traveling party during his vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Aug.-Sept., 1946, Vol. II."

(Left to right in carriage) President Harry S. Truman and Governor of Bermuda Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham, leave the yacht Club at Hamilton in an open state carriage for the Governor's Mansion. From the album, "Vacation cruise of the President, Aug.-Sept. 1946, Vol. II."

President Harry S. Truman enjoying a swim in the harbor at Cape Henlopen, during his cruise on the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG to Rhode Island and Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

In Cape Henlopen, a whaleboat is lowered away for a swimming call during the President's vacation cruise to Bermuda aboard the SS Williamsburg. Individuals are not identified. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4" From James Foskett.

Crowd of spectators assembled on the Maryland shore of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to watch President Truman's yacht, the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG, pass by on its way to Rhode Island and Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

Members of President Truman's party enjoying the sun on the flying bridge of the President's yacht, the U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG, during their vacation cruise to Rhode Island and Bermuda: (left to right) General Harry Vaughan, Military Aide to the President; George Allen, Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Commander Emerson, the ship's doctor; and Treasury Secretary John Snyder. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

(Left to right) President Harry S. Truman and his friend Mr. Theodore Marks, chat aboard the SS Williamsburg, while on a cruise to Bermuda for vacation. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

President Truman's Military Aide, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, United States Army, dons the Naval aide's cap as a joke as he stands on the SS Williamsburg during President Harry S. Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President, Vol. 1 of 4."

The SS Williamsburg sails up the Chesapeake-Delaware canal. The ship is carrying President Harry S. Truman and his party to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with President, Vol. 1 of 4."

(From left to right) Major General Harry H. Vaughan, USA, President's Military Aide, Mr. J.J. Rowley, Secret Service, and President Harry S. Truman on the flying bridge of the SS Williamsburg during Truman's vacation cruise to Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation cruise with the President Vol. 1 of 4" From James Foskett.