Presidential vacations

Miss Margaret Truman talks with reporters and poses for pictures after President Harry S. Truman's press conference in the north garden of the Little White House. Margaret joined her father at the Little White House in Key West, Florida for a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) participates in the mock reception of Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (far right) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (left of Connelly) to Key West, Florida by unidentified person. Also present are (from left to right) Assistant to the President John R. Steelman, governor of Washington Monrad Wallgren, and writer Jonathan Daniels. Truman and his advisers and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (in hat) and her daughter Margaret Truman and an unidentified naval officer 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.

Naval men and officers "manned the rail" along Caroline Street after the President Harry S. Truman's motorcade enters naval air station on the way to the Little White House in Key West, Florida. President Truman traveled to Key West for a post-election vacation. Truman in seated in the left back seat of the first car. All others are unidentified.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (right) sits next to an unidentified naval officer while Miss Margaret Truman relaxes in the sun. They were onboard the ship Big Wheel off Key West, Florida. They joined President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, second from left) greets an unidentified naval officer while Miss Margaret Truman (right) looks on. The President had escorted Miss Truman and her mother, Mrs. Bess Truman (not pictured) to the dock where they would embark on a day of fishing off Key West on board the ship Big Wheel. The family was in Key West for a post-election vacation.

An unidentified member of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party fishes while on board the Big Wheel off Key West, Florida. He joined President Truman (not pictured) on a post-election vacation in Key West.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (third from left, mostly obscured by Margaret) and Miss Margaret Truman (second from left) approach the entrance to Fort Jefferson National Monument accompanied by two unidentified naval officers. They are at Fort Jefferson with President Harry S. Truman and other members of his party for a post-election vacation.

Captain Cecil Adell (far right) presents civic officials and a group of senior naval officers to President Harry S. Truman (foreground right, with cane) in Key West, Florida. President Truman was in Key West on a vacation.

Miss Margaret Truman (back to camera, third from left) talks with Department of State Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward while her mother, First Lady Bess Truman and two unidentified men look on. The Trumans and their guests were on board the ship Big Wheel off Key West, Florida. They joined President Harry S. Truman (not pictured) for a post-election vacation in Key West.