Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Presidents

Presidents

Presidential Party at Key West, Florida

Group photo of the Presidential party at Key West, Florida. Left to right back row: Donald Dawson, Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, Unidentified, Clark Clifford, Stanley Woodward, General Wallace Graham, Admiral Robert L. Dennison and two unidentified men. Front row: Bill Hassett, Alben Barkley, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy and John Steelman. Same as 66-910. From: Album from Captain Robert L. Dennison, USN.

President Harry S. Truman at the National Airport in Washington with pilots

Before boarding his plane at the National Airport in Washington, President Harry S. Truman has a hearty handshake for Col. Henry Myers (left), his former pilot, and Lt. Col. Francis W. Williams (right) who was at the controls of the Sacred Cow for the first time with the President aboard when the Chief Executive took off for a two-week Caribbean and Florida vacation. Col. Myers, who went along as far as Key West, has been "breaking in" his successor. From: Papers of Francis W. Williams.

President Harry S. Truman at an Army-Navy Football Game

Surrounded by a crowd of fans, President Harry S. Truman enjoys the Army-Navy football game at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seated to his left are his wife, Bess Truman, Supreme Court Justice Tom Clark and Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder. Also present is Averell Harriman (seated, left); General Harry Vaughan (behind President Truman, mostly obscured); and General Robert Landry (behind Bess). All others are unidentified.