Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman (left) and George Allen are posing on the flying bridge of President Truman's yacht, the USS Williamsburg, during their return journey from a vacation cruise to Bermuda. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

A motorboat brings President Harry S. Truman's guests alongside his yacht, the USS Williamsburg. All are unidentified. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

President Harry S. Truman and other members of his vacation party are standing on the flying bridge of the USS Williamsburg. They are returning from a vacation trip to Bermuda. From left to right: President Truman, Commander Emerson, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, and George Allen. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

Postmaster General Robert Hannegan is swimming to the side of President Harry S. Truman's yacht, the USS Williamsburg. Mr. Hannegan joined President Truman and other members of his party for the end of their vacation cruise. Photograph from the Album "Vacation Cruise with the President Vol. IV."

President Harry S. Truman is chatting with several members of his vacation party who have just boarded the presidential yacht, the USS Williamsburg. From left to right: Colonel Wallace Graham (far left, in swim trunks); Reconstruction Finance Corporation Director George Allen (behind Graham, mostly obscured by Truman), President Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Ted Marks, Postmaster General Robert Hannegan (back to camera), Press Secretary Charles Ross, Correspondence Secretary William Hassett, and Major General Harry Vaughan.

Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (right) shakes hands with Captain Robert Dennison (left) as he steps off the airplane at Boca Chica, Florida, to join President Harry S. Truman's vacation party at the Little White House, Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party pose for a group photograph in the north garden of the Little White House, Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: William D. Hassett, Senator Alben W. Barkley, President Truman, Admiral William D. Leahy, John R. Steelman. Back row, left to right: Donald S. Dawson, Eben A. Ayers, Colonel Robert B. Landry, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Clark M. Clifford, Stanley Woodward, Brigadier General Wallace H. Graham, Captain Robert L. Dennison, William J. Bray, and Jonathan W. Daniels.

President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with an unidentified man as he and his staff enjoy a morning at "Truman Beach," formerly the "Enlisted Man's Beach" which had been cleared for the President's visit. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center, with hat and cane) and members of his vacation party stand on the veranda of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, and prepare to go for a walk. From left to right are Leslie Biffle; Admiral William D. Leahy, an unidentified naval officer (mostly obscured by Leahy), President Truman, Vice-President Elect Alben Barkley, Jonathan Daniels (behind Barkley) and William J. Bray. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Two unidentified members of President Harry S. Truman's party enjoy a swim at Truman Beach, Key West, Florida, where the President and his party spent a two-week vacation after a strenuous election campaign. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.