Presidential vacations

President Harry S. Truman (standing, foreground, left) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers present are unidentified. Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington can be seen on the far left behind President Truman. Margaret Truman can be seen behind the unidentified man in the rocking chair.

President Harry S. Truman (far left with cane) walks at the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida, accompanied by (from left to right) Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, Leslie Biffle, Jonathan Daniels, Admiral William D. Leahy, William J. Bray, and an unidentified naval officer (mostly obscured by Leahy). President Truman and his advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) with Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington (left) and Washington State Governor Monrad Wallgren as they pose for pictures in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. In the background on the left is Special Counsel Clark Clifford. All others are unidentified. President Truman and members of his staff and advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, right, in light shirt) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Photographers and reporters gathered around are all unidentified. The man partly obscured by Truman, getting ready to stand up, is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing on the right in the striped shirt is Washington State Governor Mon Wallgren.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center foreground) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers who are gathered in front of him are unidentified. Seated second from the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross.

President Harry S. Truman (front left) walks with Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, followed by Leslie Biffle (left) and William J. Bray (right) at the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida. President Truman and his advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

From left to right, First Lady Bess W. Truman, President Harry S. Truman and their daughter, Margaret Truman pose for pictures in the southwest garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, in civilian clothes) holds an informal inspection of the detachment of Marines that guarded the Little White House in Key West, Florida while he stayed there on vacation. He is accompanied by Major Harold A. Hayes. All other Marines are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (standing, right) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Photographers and reporters gathered around are all unidentified.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (in hat) and her daughter Margaret Truman fish off the side of the ship Big Wheel while visiting Key West, Florida. They joined President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) for a post-election vacation.