Boats and boating

The Truman family (Harry, Bess, and Margaret) greet Marines after a boat trip to the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Bess Truman is shaking hands with an unidentified officer. From a series of 25 8 x 10 photos in a leather bound album showing the Truman's as honored guests in the review and commissioning ceremony of the first provisional Marine air-ground task force, commanded by Brigadier General James P. Riseley, USMC, at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Former President Harry S. Truman watches as Bess Wallace Truman is helped aboard the boat by an unidentified Marine to go to the Marine Corps Air Station at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. From a series of 25 8 x 10 photos in a leather bound album showing the Truman's as honored guests in the review and commissioning ceremony of the first provisional Marine air-ground task force, commanded by Brigadier General James P. Riseley, USMC, at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii.

Reconversion Director John Steelman at the wheel of a yacht at a yachting party in Washington. The yacht was the "Colleen," owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wallace of Washington. From: Beth Gore

President Truman looking through binoculars at the shore of Antwerp, Belgium, with General Harry Vaughan, unidentified naval officer, Secretary of State James Byrnes, Admiral William Leahy and Charles Ross on the deck also. From the album: President's Trip to the Berlin Conference.

President Harry S. Truman in a boat in Key West, Florida, with others. From the album: The President's Vacation Trip to Key West, 17-23 November 1946.

Governor and Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey on a ferry boat, San Francisco bay. Original photograph is in a photo album of inaugural events.

One of seven photos showing the harbor, beach and waterfront skyline of Long Beach, California. This photo shows sailboats.

Former President Harry S. Truman and party take a boat trip to Mackinac Island, Michigan. Mr. Truman is in the center and can be identified by his white hat with black band. The others are unidentified. From: Grant McDonald

Snapshot of a small boat, the Porgy and Bess. The boat is mentioned in a letter written to by Daniel L. Goldy to Thomas L. Parsarrett in 1960.

Snapshot of a small boat, the Porgy and Bess. The boat is mentioned in a letter written to by Daniel L. Goldy to Thomas L. Parsarrett in 1960.