Presidential vacations

A lone pelican flies above the waters of Key West, Florida, where President Harry S. Truman is spending a two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Four pelicans near a bait shack. Photo taken at Key West, Florida, where President Harry S. Truman is on a two-week vacation.

A lone pelican soars above the surf at Key West, Florida. Photo taken during President Harry S. Truman's two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A pelican soars above the waters of Key West, Florida. Photo taken during President Truman's two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A pelican soars above the waters at Key West, Florida. Photo taken during President Harry S. Truman's two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A pelican follows the wake of a boat. Photo taken at Key West, Florida, during President Harry S. Truman's two-week vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat as he disembarks from the presidential airplane Independence at the Orlando Air Force Base, Florida, on his way to Rollins College where he will receive an honorary degree. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (rear) and members of his party and staff fish from the deck of the "Big Wheel" in the waters off Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

President Harry S Truman (rear right) enjoys a fishing expedition on the "Big Wheel" along with members of his party and staff in the waters off Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Photographers and members of the press pose in a small craft trailing President Harry S. Truman on his fishing excursion at Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.