Presidential vacations

All hands turn out to welcome Press Secretary Charles Ross and Matthew Connelly to Key West, Florida. From left to right: Donald Dawson, Wallace Graham, Charles Ross (back to camera), Harry Vaughan (wearing long-sleeved shirt, obscured by Connelly), Matthew Connelly (facing right), unidentified man in striped shirt, Margaret Truman, unidentified man, John Steelman (mostly obscured by Truman), President Harry S. Truman, General Robert Landry, Governor Mon Wallgren, and Admiral Robert Dennison. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman (center) talks with his Appointment Secretary, Matthew Connelly (left) and his Press Secretary, Charles Ross (right) while on vacation in Key West, Florida. They are standing underneath a palm tree on the grounds of the "Little White House." From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with William Simmons (lower right) before flying to Key West, Florida. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's staff pose with the fish they caught while on vacation with the President in Key West, Florida. Captain Robert Dennison (center) holds up the 29 pound mackerel he caught. From left to right, General Wallace Graham, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, Admiral William Leahy (wearing hat and glasses), Eben Ayers (partly obscured), Captain Dennison, unidentified reporter, Colonel Robert Landry (mostly obscured), and Special Counsel Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

The Little White House in Key West, Florida at the Naval Submarine Base, which served as a vacation home of President Harry S. Truman. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

The Williamsburg, President Harry S. Truman's yacht, is anchored offshore at Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. President Truman is visiting the Virgin Islands. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference on the lawn of the "Little White House," his vacation quarters at Key West, Florida. Standing behind President Truman are various members of his staff, including William Hassett (third from left), Colonel Robert Landry (fourth from left), Eben Ayers (sixth from left, behind Truman), Clark Clifford (behind Truman, partly obscured), Admiral William Leahy (eighth from left), and Major General Harry Vaughan (ninth from left, wearing t-shirt). All others are unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

The Little White House in Key West, Florida at the Naval Submarine Base, which served as a vacation home of President Harry S. Truman. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

President Harry S. Truman meets with the Governor of Puerto Rico and others on the terrace of the Jagueyes Hotel in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. From left to right: Admiral William Leahy, Governor Jesus T. Pinero, President Truman, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug and President of the Puerto Rican Senate Luis Munoz Marin. From the Scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.