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Motorcade to Key West

2012-530
Accession Number
2012-530
4x5 inches (10x13 cm)
Black & White
HST Keywords
Truman - Trips - Key West - 1948
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Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

At the start of President Harry S. Truman's post-election vacation, the President, members of his party, newspapermen, radio correspondents, photographers, White House Staff, and Secret Service left Boca Chica in a fleet of seven State Highway patrol cars. Enlisted men and Key West police patrolled the route for the 8-1/2 mile drive to the Naval Station, Key West, Florida. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Date(s)
November 7, 1948