Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman poses for photographers with his luncheon guests while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Seated in the front row from left to right are Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, President Harry S. Truman, and Senator Claude Pepper. Standing in the back row from left to right are Mr. Fitzpatrick, Governor Fuller Warren, Representative George Smathers, Mr. Griffin, and Mr. Hicks.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, foreground, left) holds press conference while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman are, from left to right: General Harry Vaughan, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Clark Clifford. Also present is Margaret Truman (right, leaning on the back of a chair occupied by a reporter). All other reporters, photographers, and journalists are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman sits in front of a fireplace during a press conference held while he was on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing beside President Truman is Press Secretary Joseph Short. The reporters and journalists seated around the room are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff take part in a humorous commissioning ceremony while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing is David Stowe. Seated around the room, from left to right are: David Bell, Admiral William Leahy, President Truman, Roger Tubby, and Admiral Robert Dennison.

President Harry S. Truman welcomes General George Marshall and William Pawley to The Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy; Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Truman; General Marshall; William Pawley.

Mrs. Eileen Nolte (left), Census Enumerator, interviews President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from left), and Margaret Truman (right) on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. The Truman family completed their census interview while on vacation in Key West.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's staff and vacation party play a game of volleyball while joining President Truman on vacation in Key West, Florida. Margaret Truman is on the near side of the near, standing in front of the pole. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman poses with three young admirers while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Left to right: Curtis Hingson, son of Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. J. M Hingson: Sandra Jean Smith and Ray Smith, Jr., children of Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Ray Smith.

This is an aerial view of the Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida, where President Harry S. Truman vacationed several times during his presidency. Old Fort Taylor is in the foreground. The number "1" and arrow written on the photo points to the Little White House, the residence where President Truman stayed while at Key West. The number "2" and arrow written on the photo points to Truman Beach.

Mrs. Eileen Nolte (left), Census Enumerator, interviews President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from left), and Margaret Truman (right) on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. The Truman family completed their census interview while on vacation in Key West.