Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

Eddie Jacobson talks with Vice President Alben W. Barkley outside at an airport. Another similar photo is 2008-271. Eddie Jacobson was a friend and former business partner of Harry S. Truman. From: Elinor Borenstine.

Eddie Jacobson and Vice-President Alben W. Barkley stand talking in chilly weather near an airplane that has just landed. Photo 2008-272 is a closeup of this photo. Eddie Jacobson was a friend and former business partner of Harry S. Truman. From: Elinor Borenstine. From: Elinor Borenstine.

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 (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, Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, President Harry S. Truman, and Mr. Leslie Biffle pose outside the Little White House upon the gentlemen's arrival. President Truman is in Key West for a post-election vacation. Others in background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party pose for photograph in the garden of the Little White House. Back row, left to right: Administrative Assistant to the President Donald Dawson, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford, Stanley Woodward, General Wallace Graham, Captain Robert Dennison, William J. Bray, Jonathan Daniels. Front row, left to right: Correspondence Secretary William D.

President Harry S. Truman (center with cane) and members of his vacation party prepare to go for a walk. From left to right, Leslie Biffle, Admiral William D. Leahy, unidentified naval officer mostly obscured by Leahy, President Truman, Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley, Jonathan Daniels (behind Barkley) and William J. Bray.

Captain Robert Dennison (foreground, left) greets Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (foreground, right) upon his arrival at Boca Chica airfield, Key West, Florida, with an airplane in the background. He is joining President Harry S. Truman for a post-election vacation. Others in background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (in hat) talks with several members of his party as they relax on the Enlisted Men's Beach at the naval station at Key West, Florida. Among those present are Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (standing, second from right) and Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers (right). Truman was in Key West for a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Senator and Vice President-Elect Alben Barkley, Mr. Leslie Biffle and Captain Robert Dennison depart the Boca Chica airfield in an open car on the way to meet President Harry S. Truman at the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They are joining President Truman and the rest of his party for a post-election vacation.