Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman (seated, center) speaks with reporters while his advisors stand in the background. Standing behind President Truman are (from left to right): five unidentified men; John R. Steelman; Roger Tubby; unidentified military officer; Charles Murphy; William Hassett; Joseph Short; two unidentified partly obscured men; Joseph Feeney; and General Robert Landry. The press conference was held in the garden of the Little White House in Key West Florida during the President's vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and the rest of his vacation party at Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Joseph G. Feeney, Charles Murphy, Admiral William D. Leahy, President Truman, John R. Steelman, William D. Hassett, Roger Tubby. Back row, left to right: David E. Bell, Donald S. Dawson, Admiral Robert Dennison, Joseph H. Short, Matthew Connelly, Harry Vaughan, General Robert Landry, David Stowe, and David D. Lloyd.

From left to right General Hoyt Vandenberg, President Harry S. Truman, General Robert Landry and Colonel Godfrey McHugh (aide to General Vandenberg) pose outside the Little White House in Key West, Florida, during the President's vacation there.

President Harry S. Truman (seated on the right, smiling at the camera) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House, in Key West, Florida. Assistant to the President John R. Steelman is standing second from the right. William Hassett is standing on the right. Captain Cecil Adell is fourth from the right. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (at podium) is speaking at the dedication of Everglades National Park in Florida, while on vacation in Key West. Also present and visible behind the President are (from left to right): John Steelman, Clark Clifford, Admiral William D. Leahy, Stanley Woodward, and Major General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (in white cap bottom right) is saluted as he leaves the captured German submarine U-2513 at Key West, Florida. James H. Foskett (to right of Truman) and William D. Leahy (to right of Foskett) follow. John Steelman stands next to the woman standing near the line of sailors. All other sailors are unidentified.

Roberta Vinson and her husband, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fred Vinson, pose for a photograph while visiting Key West, Florida. They visited Key West as members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his staff are gathered in the living room of the Little White House during President Truman's vacation trip to Key West, Florida. Front row left to right: Richard Neustadt, Cornelius Mara, Joseph Feeney, Philleo Nash, Irving Perlmeter. Center row, left to right: John R. Steelman, Admiral William Leahy, President Harry S. Truman, Averell Harriman, Charles Murphy.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party make their way along the buffet line in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They joined President Truman in Florida for a vacation. From left to right on the far side of the table: Stanley Woodward; unidentified (mostly obscured); Ken Hechler; John R. Steelman; and Dallas C. Halverstadt. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman eat lunch on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida with some members of their vacation party. Seated from left to right: Charles W. Jackson, Philleo Nash, Eben Ayers, John R. Steelman, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Walter Bedell Smith, President Truman and Mrs. Truman. Others are unidentified.