Presidents

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

President Harry S. Truman (far right with cane) tour Fort Jefferson National Monument with members of his White House staff and advisors. Also present are First Lady Bess Truman (foreground, in solid dress) and Margaret Truman (foreground, in patterned dress). All others are unidentified. The Truman family and staff were on a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (at far right with cane) listens as a guide conducts a tour of Fort Jefferson National Monument, off of Key West, Florida. Other members of President Truman's party are unidentified. President Truman and members of his staff visited Fort Jefferson and Key West while on a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (with hat and cane on left) and his party are given a tour of Fort Jefferson National Monument by one of the historical guides at Fort Jefferson, off of Key West, Florida. Standing on the right of President Truman is First Lady Bess W. Truman. All others are unidentified. President Truman and members of his staff took a post-election vacation in Key West.

(L-R) Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman, unidentified naval officer, and First Lady Bess Truman on board the ships The Big Wheel on the way to Fort Jefferson National Monument, which is off the coast of Key West, Florida. They are in Florida for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman stands in his Lincoln convertible automobile and waves at the welcoming Key West, Florida crowd on his way to the Little White House as Captain Cecil Adell sits in the center. Naval signal flags flutter in the breeze over the street. President Truman is in Key West for a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.