Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman spends time walking along "Truman Beach" during his vacation at the Naval Submarine Base in Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman sits in the back seat of a motor car, posing for photographers, with Admiral Robert Dennison (not in view), General Wallace Graham, and General Robert Landry (front seat) returning to the Little White House, Key West, Florida, after a ceremony at the Navy Fleet Sonar School. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman makes a brief address in a 15-minute ceremony held before an assembly of the Navy Fleet Sonar School at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida. President Truman also presented diplomas to the graduates. President Truman was in Florida for his vacation. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, center, in civilian clothes) shakes hands with a sailor as he presents diplomas to the graduates of the Fleet Sonar School at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida, while he is in Key West on vacation. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, center, in civilian clothes) shakes hands with a sailor as he presents diplomas to the graduates of the Fleet Sonar School at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida, while he is in Key West on vacation. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

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.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, center, in civilian clothes) shakes hands with a sailor as he presents diplomas to the graduates of the Fleet Sonar School at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida, while he is in Key West on vacation. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, center, in civilian clothes) presents diplomas to the graduates of the Fleet Sonar School at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida, while he is in Key West on vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman attends an assembly of the Fleet Sonar School at the Naval Station, Key West, Florida, where he will make a brief address and present diplomas to the graduates. President Truman was in Key West for a vacation. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center, holding hat and cane) exchanges fish stories with Admiral Robert Dennison (second from right) and General Robert Landry (right) after returning from a fishing trip at Key West, Florida as part of President Truman's vacation. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.