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President Harry S. Truman holds a press conference at the Little White House, Key West, Florida

2012-488
Accession Number
2012-488
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
Printer-Friendly Version
NAID 350381592
Keywords
Naval officers
Presidential advisors
Presidential press secretaries
Presidential vacations
Presidents
Press conferences
HST Keywords
Florida - Key West; Truman - Conferences - Press - Key West - 1948; Truman - Trips - Key West - 1948
People Pictured
Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Niles, David K., 1892-1952
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Vaughan, Harry H., 1893-1981
Wallgren, Monrad C. (Monrad Charles), 1891-1961
Woodward, Stanley, 1899-1992
Rights

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Credit:
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman holds a post-election press conference during his vacation in Key West, Florida. Members of the media are unidentified. Seated second from the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross. Standing behind Truman (from left to right) are two unidentified men, Department of State Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward, Captain Robert Dennison, Washington State Governor Monrad Wallgren, Admiral William Leahy, General Harry Vaughan (party obscured by Truman), Administrative Assistant David Niles, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington, and Special Counsel Clark Clifford. (Same as 2013-3226) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Date(s)
November 16, 1948