Beaches

Damage to buildings near the beach of the Key West Naval Air Station. On September 20-21, 1948 a hurricane struck Key West, Florida damaging several of the buildings at the Naval Air Station and killing three people in the area.

Reathel Odum on the beach on Padre Island.

Reathel Odum (seated, right) sits with unidentified people at a table overlooking a beach in Europe. All others unidentified.

Truman Beach, Key West Naval Base. This photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's ninth vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

Admiral William Leahy sitting on the beach while the other members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party swim off Truman Beach in Key West, Florida. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and select members of his staff sitting on Truman Beach while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Standing in the background, nearest the group, is George Elsey. Seated in the foreground are, from left to right: President Truman (wearing white hat, towel around his neck), General Harry Vaughan (laying back in chair), Correspondence Secretary William Hassett (in sunglasses), Admiral William Leahy, Sidney Souers, Admiral Robert Dennison, and John Steelman. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, David Niles, General Harry Vaughan, General Wallace Graham, and William Hassett at Truman Beach while on vacation in Key West, Florida, with President Harry S. Truman.

The beach designated for enlisted men at the naval base in Key West, Florida; Fort Taylor is visible in the background. This photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's vacation trip to Key West. From the album The President's Vacation Trip to Key West.

View of Truman Beach from the top of Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida. This photo was taken during President Harry S. Truman's ninth vacation visit to Key West.

From left to right: General Harry Vaughan, President Harry S. Truman, Democratic National Committee Chairman Frank McKinney, and Admiral William Leahy on the beach in Key West, Florida. This photo was taken during President Truman's eleventh vacation to Key West.