Presidential vacations

(Written on back of snapshot, in Margaret Truman's handwriting) "Mother [Bess Wallace Truman] in yard of Little White House, Key West, Nov. 29th, 1949."

Picnic lunch at Fort Jefferson National Monument in the Dry Tortugas, off the coast of Key West, Florida. President Harry S. Truman is in the line, wearing sunglasses. Behind President Truman is his Military Aide, General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified. President Truman and his party visited Fort Jefferson during Truman's vacation to Key West.

Admiral William D. Leahy (left) and President Harry S. Truman (center) seated in the courtyard at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, off the coast of Key West, Florida. Correspondence Secretary William D. Hassett at far right.

Presidential staff photograph, from President Truman's sixth trip to Key West. Front row, left to right: John Steelman, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and William Hassett. Back row, left to right: William Bray, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charlie Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, and Eben Ayers.

President Harry S. Truman and the rest of the presidential party pose for a photograph while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: John Steelman, First Lady Bess Truman, President Truman, Margaret Truman, and William Hassett. Back row, left to right: Stephen Spingarn, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charlie Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, and David Niles.

Clark Clifford (right) and Colonel Wallace Graham relax as they return from the fishing grounds. From the album: The President's Vacation Cruise.

Entering Bermuda, Captain Charles L. Freeman, Commander Bartos, Commander Stirwalt, and Bermuda pilots on the U.S.S. Williamsburg bridge. From the album: The President's Vacation Cruise.

President Harry S. Truman and his party assemble on the flying bridge as the U.S.S. Williamsburg enters the Narragansett Bay. From the album: The President's Vacation Cruise.

President Harry S. Truman returns from his first morning swim. He is on the U. S. S. Williamsburg en route to Bermuda. From the album: The President's Vacation Cruise.

President Harry S. Truman greets officers standing by a sonar buoy and its equipment. From the album of the President's vacation trip to Key West, Florida.