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The Big Wheel Docked at the Naval Air Station, Key West

2013-3217
Accession Number
2013-3217
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348540400
Keywords
Navy-yards and naval stations
Presidential vacations
Ships
HST Keywords
Ships - Big Wheel; Truman - Trips - Key West - 1948
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Description
The ship Big Wheel docked at the Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida. First Lady Bess W. Truman and Margaret Truman (not pictured) took the Big Wheel out for a fishing excursion off the coast of Florida while they were on a post-election vacation with President Harry S. Truman.
Date(s)
November 1948