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President Truman Tours Fort Jefferson

66-1428
Accession Number
66-1428
3.2x4.5
Black & White
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NAID 350286799
Keywords
Presidents
Presidential advisors
Presidential vacations
HST Keywords
Truman - Trips - Key West - 1946; Fort Jefferson; Forida - Dry Tortugas
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Leahy, William D. (William Daniel), 1875-1959
Locke, Edwin Allen, 1910-
Steelman, John Roy, 1900-1999
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Belair, Felix, 1907-1978
Langello, Charles J.
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Credit:
U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

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.

Date(s)
November 22, 1946