Presidential vacations

A composite photo, showing President Harry S. Truman holding a movie camera while Bess Wallace Truman (center) and Margaret Truman (left) walk in the background. The pictures were taken in Key West, Florida while the Trumans were on vacation.

A composite photo, showing President Harry S. Truman holding a movie camera while Bess Wallace Truman and Margaret Truman walk in the background. The pictures were taken in Key West, Florida while the Trumans were on vacation.

Admiral James Foskett, Presidential Aide John Steelman, Mr. Neal Helm, President Harry S. Truman, Military Aide General Harry Vaughan, and Press Secretary Charles Ross relaxing under the palms in the Little White House garden in Key West, Florida. Similar to 66-1352.

President Truman holds a press conference on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West. Shown seated is Charles Ross. In the background in naval attire is Admiral William Leahy, Gen. Harry Vaughan, Stuart Symington and Clark Clifford.

President Harry S. Truman, Matthew Connelly and Charles Ross, in casual attire, discuss a serious thought at Key West. Similar to 66-932.

Photo of Charles Ross standing in the Naval Shipyard In Key West. Signed on the front "To Mrs. Ross-This is the last picture made in Key West of Charlie. We thought you'd like to have it. Key West, March 4, 1951. Harry S. Truman." The back of photo has been signed by all the staff.

Margaret Truman is seen taking a picture during a picnic lunch in garden at Little White House, Key West, Florida. Left to right: Donald Dawson, Stephen Spingarn, Charles Ross, William Hassett, Margaret Truman.

The First Family is being interviewed and "counted" on the grounds of the Little White House at Key West, Florida, by Census Enumerator, Mrs. Eileen M. Nolte, wife of a Navy Warrant Officer aboard the USS Gilmore. Left to right are: Mrs. Nolte, Bess Truman, President Truman, and Margaret Truman. (See also 66-875, 64-448, 67-2638 thru 2642, 75-363 and 92-222.) From: John Bosworth

President Harry S. Truman (center)chats informally with White House photographers and reporters on the grounds of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. The three in the background on the left are (left to right) Bill Gerecke, Charles Protz, and Harry Walsh. On the President's right is Jeff Brodhead. On Truman's left, with his back turned, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. In front of Ross, left to right, are Alfonso Muto, M.H. Posey, Harvey George, and an unidentified man. (See also 66-874.) From: Richard Bower.

President Harry S. Truman waves from the back seat of an automobile while riding in a motorcade upon his arrival in Key West, Florida, after the 1948 election. (See also 77-697 and 65-2317.) From: Richard Bower