Presidential vacations

White House Press Secretary Charles G. Ross (right, in white collared shirt) meeting with unidentified members of the press at the Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Virginia. Mr. Ross and the press were traveling with President Harry S. Truman on his Chesapeake vacation cruise.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff and vacation party pose for a photograph on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. Front row (left to right), William Hassett, Vice President-Elect Alben Barkley, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and John Steelman. Second row (left to right), Donald Dawson, Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Clark Clifford, Stanley Woodward, General Wallace Graham, Admiral Robert Dennison, William Bray and Jonathan Daniels.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in civilian clothes) shakes hands with Marines who guarded the Little White House in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.

The exterior of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. President Harry S. Truman vacationed here during his presidency.

President Harry S. Truman (at the podium) addresses a crowd at the San Juan, Puerto Rico Naval Air Station. Standing behind Truman, left to right, are: Colonel Robert B. Landry, Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug, Governor of Puerto Rico Jesus A. Pinero, President of the Puerto Rico Senate Luis Munoz Marin, Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, and Captain Robert L. Dennison. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman arrives at Boca Chica Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida, the location of the "Little White House" for a vacation.

Sailors "man the rail" in anticipation of President Harry S. Truman's arrival at the Southard Street Gate, United States Naval Submarine Base in Key West, Florida. President Truman spent his vacation in Key West. All those in this photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman with Captain Cecil Adell, pass by assembled sailors on board the U.S.S. Sarsfield. They are going to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, about 70 miles from Key West. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negatives.

President Harry S. Truman with Captain Cecil Adell. They are near the Little White House in Key West, Florida. Behind the President and Captain Adell are: Major General Harry Vaughn, Brig. General Wallace Graham, Brig. General Robert Landry. Same as 67-2894. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5.

Sacks of official mail for the Little White House are handled on the lawn by Lt. Commander William M. Rigdon, USN, White House Staff, Assistant to the Naval Aide to the President. Left to right: photographer George Skadding (LIFE magazine); David Stowe (member of the President's Party); William D. Hassett, Secretary to the President; Lt. Commander William M. Rigdon, USN; and John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President. Same as 67-2890. From: The Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.