Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman greets news photographers upon their late arrival at the Boca Chica airport with an inquiry as to why they were late and "interviews" Robert G. Nixon, President of the White House Correspondents Association (in front of Truman). Standing behind President Truman, in uniform, is Admiral William Leahy. Others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is surrounded by newsmen as he prepares to fly non-stop from the Military Air Transport Service Terminal, Washington National Airport, to Boca Chica, Florida for a vacation. Standing beside the car is General Robert Landry. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman is surrounded by photographers and reporters at the National Airport, where he is preparing to leave for Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with Captain Cecil C. Adell, USN, Commander of the Naval Base, Key West, Florida, upon his arrival at Boca Chica, and is introduced to a group of civic officials and senior Naval officers. the President will be enjoying a post-election vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman is standing on the flying bridge of the USS Williamsburg with members of his vacation party and the crew of the ship. They are returning from a vacation cruise to Bermuda. From left to right: Commander Emerson, President Truman, Reconstruction Finance Director George Allen, Captain James Foskett, and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

President Harry S. Truman (right) and George Allen (left), Director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, are standing on the flying bridge of President Truman's yacht, the USS Williamsburg. They, and other members of President Truman's vacation party, are returning from a cruise to Bermuda. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

View of the north garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, where President Harry S. Truman and his luncheon guests retired to pose for photographers. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

View of the lighthouse at Havana Harbor taken from the deck of the Williamsburg as it enters the harbor during President Harry S. Truman's post-election vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

Several unidentified people board the Williamsburg, docked at Key West, Florida, to call on President Harry S. Truman and Bess during the President's post-election vacation. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and his guests enjoyed lunch at the Little White House, Key West, Florida, while President Truman was there on vacation. Front row, left to right: Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal, President Truman, and Florida Senator Claude Pepper. Back row, left to right: Paul E. Fitzpatrick, New York Democratic State Chairman; the Honorable Fuller Warren, Governor-elect of Florida; The Honorable George A. Smathers, member of Congress; Mr. C. V. Griffin, citrus grower; and Mr. Leonard Hicks, operator of the Casa Marina Hotel at Key West.