Presidents

President Harry S. Truman and his staff spend a little time at Truman Beach while on vacation in Key West, Florida. From left to right: General Harry Vaughan (wearing sunglasses), General Wallace Graham, President Truman, Averell Harriman, George Elsey, Admiral Robert Dennison, and Charles Murphy (back to camera near lower left corner). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4X5 negative.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party take a walk on Truman Beach in Key West, Florida. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; Colonel Cornelius J. Mara; Captain C.C. Adell; General Wallace Graham; Jerry McCann, Secret Service; W. Averell Harriman; H. J. Nicholson, Secret Service; Irving Perlmeter; William Rigdon; George Elsey; Milton Milski, Secret Service. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

At 1:15 in the afternoon a picnic lunch was served. It was served on the North Grounds of the "Little White House." President Harry S. Truman is at center table. The President was on his ninth trip to Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and others at a picnic style lunch that was served on the grounds of the "Little White House." The President was on his ninth trip to Key West, Florida. Lunch was served at 1:15. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (left), Senator John J. Sparkman (center), and Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois (right) are seated around Truman's desk at the White House reading a document. Mr. Stevenson and Mr. Sparkman are the presidential and vice-presidential candidates, respectively, of the Democratic Party. This photo comes from the General Scrapbook, Volume III, 1950-1952.

Bust of Abraham Lincoln in the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, Independence, Missouri.

Bust of Abraham Lincoln in the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, Independence, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman and President Miguel Aleman of Mexico are "trooping the line" as they review troops at the National Airport in Washington, D.C. after the arrival of President Aleman. President Truman, left, and President Aleman, right, are in civilian clothes at the front of the line. Following behind, left to right, are Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway, Rear Admiral James Foskett, Fleet Admiral William Leahy, Major General Harry Vaughan (partly obscured), and Rear Admiral J. Cary Jones. All other men in uniform are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and Bess and Margaret Truman relax on rattan chairs on the lawn of the Little White House, Key West, Florida, during the President's post-election vacation. (Similar to 2012-538, 64-425, 74-345 and 346) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 transparency.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with his brother J. Vivian Truman (center) and Alex Sachs (right) in Mr. Truman's office at the White House.