Fishing

President Harry S. Truman makes the first catch, a three pound red hind. From the album "Vacation Cruise with the President, Volume 3 of 4".

President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman fish from the boat "Big Wheel" off Key West, Florida, while on vacation. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 5.

Photo taken of Bess Wallace Truman and Harry S. Truman during their courting days. They are seated among friends in a rowboat on the Little Blue River. L to R: Mrs. Emma P. Southern, mother of May Wallace, Bess Wallace (holding a fishing pole), Harry S. Truman, an unidentified man, and a young woman, probably Natalie Wallace. Others in the boat are unidentified. A letter to Bess from Harry, dated August 5, 1913, mentions preparing to go with her on a fishing trip on the Little Blue River. Copied from a photo album lent to the Truman Library by May Wallace.

President Harry S. Truman is standing in a boat while on a fishing trip in Puget Sound, Washington. From left to right: George Drescher, Secret Service; Nick Bez; President Truman; Governor Mon Wallgren; and Costa Lazzaretti. This photograph was taken during his western trip.

Fishing Boat, Key West photograph by Harry James Mitchell. Original is oversize.

President Harry S. Truman fishing on the Dolphin while on vacation in Key West, Florida.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt on a fishing trip with unidentified men. Original is oversized.

President Harry S. Truman and Admiral William Leahy proudly display the day's catch. From the album of the President's vacation trip to Kew West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman (center) and Admiral William Leahy (left) at the official judging of the largest fish during the Key West International Fishing Tournament's White House Sweepstakes. From the album of the President's second vacation trip to Key West, Florida.

President Harry S. Truman relaxes on board a boat during a fishing trip. He is on a vacation cruise in Bermuda. From the album, "Vacation Cruise with the President", vol. 3 of 4.