Presidential vacations

Left to right: Admiral William Leahy; Chief Justice Fred Vinson; President Harry S. Truman, General George C. Marshall and William Pawley, former ambassador to Brazil. They are in the garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. (See 2012-584) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (rear seat on right) on board a Navy crash boat, "The Big Wheel," on a fishing excursion at Key West, Florida, during the President's vacation. Others aboard are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (sixth from left) poses for a photo with members of the faculty of Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, where Truman received an honorary degree. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and members of his vacation party stand on board the Navy crash boat "The Big Wheel" for a fishing excursion at Key West, Florida. Standing on the right is Press Secretary Charles Ross. The others in his party are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

General Harry Vaughan (second from left) and General Robert Landry (right) are on hand at the Boca Chica Airport to greet Eben Ayers (left) and Chief Justice Fred Vinson (third from left) as they arrive to join President Harry S. Truman's vacation party in Key West, Florida. They flew from Washington, D. C. on the President's plane, The Independence. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

This is a view of the living room of the Little White House, at the time of President Harry S. Truman's vacation at Key West, Florida, which had been completely redecorated and refurnished. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Dr. Hamilton Holt (left of Truman) on the Rollins College Walk of Fame in Winter Park, Florida, where the President will place a memorial stone from his home in Grandview, Missouri. The others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Dr. Hamilton Holt, President of Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, on the walk of fame through the campus. President Truman is preparing to drop a commemorative stone from his home in Grandview, Missouri, into place on the Walk of Fame. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (in the front seat of an open car) rides in a motorcade from Orlando Air Force Base to Winter Park, Florida, where he will receive an honorary degree from Rollins College. He is accompanied by Hamilton Holt, President of Rollins College, and Governor Fuller Warren.

President Harry S. Truman receives a crate of oranges and grapefruit from the Florida State Highway Patrol at the Little White House, Key West, Florida, where he is enjoying a fortnight's vacation. Although not individually identified, the members of the Highway Patrol are Captain Bass, Lieutenant Carlon, and Patrolmen Walker, Gracey, and Stevens. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.