Steelman, John Roy, 1900-1999

President Harry S. Truman's staff on vacation in Key West, Florida. John Steelman (seated on bench) having a minor knee injury attended to by Commander Emerson, the doctor aboard the U. S. S. Williamsburg. Standing behind the bench, from left to right are William Hassett, Charlie Ross, and Harry Vaughan. Seated in the lower right with his back to the camera is President Truman.

President Harry S. Truman and some of his advisors on vacation in Key West, Florida. Seated, left to right: Harry Vaughan, William D. Leahy, President Truman, John R. Steelman, and Matthew Connelly. Standing, left to right: Wallace Graham, Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Clark Clifford, Eben Ayers, William Hassett, and Robert Landry. They are in the living room of the Little White House at Key West, Florida. Original photograph is in the museum collection and autographed by all men.

President Harry S. Truman and the rest of his vacation party at Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: Joseph G. Feeney, Charles Murphy, Admiral William D. Leahy, President Truman, John R. Steelman, William D. Hassett, Roger Tubby. Back row, left to right: David E. Bell, Donald S. Dawson, Robert Dennison, Joseph Short, Matthew Connelly, Harry Vaughan, Robert Landry, David Stowe, and David D. Lloyd. Original photo is oversized, in color, and signed by all men.

Conference of White House staff. From left to right: Donald Dawson, Matthew J. Connelly, William Hopkins, Charles S. Murphy, John R. Steelman, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral Robert Dennison, General Harry Vaughan, and Joseph Short. Similar to photograph on page 15 of the book "Mr. President"

Aboard the USS Williamsburg, enroute to Key West, Florida, with, from left to right, David Stowe, Dr. John R. Steelman, Charles S. Murphy, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral Robert Dennison, William D. Hassett, General Harry Vaughan, and General Robert Landry. Original is oversize.

Presidential staff photograph, from President Truman's sixth trip to Key West. Front row, left to right: John Steelman, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, President Harry S. Truman, Admiral William Leahy, and William Hassett. Back row, left to right: William Bray, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charlie Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, and Eben Ayers.

John Steelman, center, negotiates a settlement in the Enginemen and Firemen's Railroad Strike of 1950. C.D. MacKay, Chairman of Southeastern Carrier Conference Committee and Assistant Vice President of Southern Railway System, is on the extreme left, and David B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, is on the extreme right.

Portrait of John R. Steelman.

President Harry S. Truman and the rest of the presidential party pose for a photograph while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Front row, left to right: John Steelman, First Lady Bess Truman, President Truman, Margaret Truman, and William Hassett. Back row, left to right: Stephen Spingarn, General Robert Landry, Admiral Robert Dennison, Stanley Woodward, Charlie Ross, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, and David Niles.

Caretaker of Fort Jefferson, Russell A. Gibbs, guides the presidential party atop Fort Jefferson National Historic Site in Dry Tortugas, Florida. The party includes: President Harry S. Truman (second from left), Admiral William Leahy, Edwin Locke, John Steelman, Press Secretary Charles G. Ross (plaid cap), newspaper correspondent Felix Belair (hand cupped to ear), and Chief C.J. Langello, USN. President Truman visited the Dry Tortugas Islands during his vacation in Key West. All others are unidentified. From the album of the President's vacation trip to Key West, Florida.