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Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party make their way along the buffet line in the garden of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They joined President Truman in Florida for a vacation. From left to right on the far side of the table: Stanley Woodward; unidentified (mostly obscured); Ken Hechler; John R. Steelman; and Dallas C. Halverstadt. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman eat lunch on the lawn of the Little White House in Key West, Florida with some members of their vacation party. Seated from left to right: Charles W. Jackson, Philleo Nash, Eben Ayers, John R. Steelman, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Walter Bedell Smith, President Truman and Mrs. Truman. Others are unidentified.

John R. Steelman (right) shakes hands with an unidentified man who has just participated in a swearing in ceremony. The location is Steelman's office.

John R. Steelman (right) witnesses the swearing in David H. Stowe (center) as his assistant. Frank Sanderson is administering the oath. The photograph was taken in Steelman's office in the White House.

Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party are sitting on a bench outside President Truman's vacation residence in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Clark Clifford, William Hassett, John R. Steelman and Matthew Connelly. The men were part of the group that accompanied President Truman on vacation after his successful election to a second term of office.

Staff photograph taken outside the Little White House, Key West during President Harry S. Truman's vacation trip. First row, left to right: Philip F. Maguire, Dr. Bruce D. Forsyth, George Elsey, Joseph Feeney, David Lloyd, Stephen Spingarn. Second row, left to right: Clark Clifford, William D. Hassett, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, President Harry S. Truman, John R. Steelman, Press Secretary Charles Ross, Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. Third row, left to right: Charles S.

President Harry S. Truman, his family and staff are posing for a group photo outside the Little White House in Key West, Florida, during President Truman's vacation visit to the area. Front row: Margaret Truman. Second row, left to right: Press Secretary Charles G. Ross, first Lady Bess Wallace Truman, President Harry S. Truman, John R. Steelman, William D. Hassett. Third row, left to right: Colonel Cornelius J. Mara, Major General Harry H. Vaughan, Matthew J. Connelly, Stanley Woodward, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison.

President Harry S. Truman (center, in light shirt and pants) joins in the fun of the mock reception held for the arrival of Press Secretary Charles Ross (right) and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (far right in profile) at Key West, Florida. Also present are (from left to right) State Department Chief of Protocol Stanley Woodward, Administrative Assistant David Niles, Assistant to the President John Steelman, and Governor of Washington Mon Wallgren. All others are unidentified. Truman and his staff and advisors were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) joins in the fun of the mock reception for Press Secretary Charles Ross and Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly upon their arrival in Key West, Florida. From left to right, Jonathan Daniels, Charles Ross, Matthew Connelly (partially obscured), and President Harry S. Truman. Others are unidentified. President Truman and his advisors and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.

President Harry S. Truman (center) participates in the mock reception of Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (far right) and Press Secretary Charles Ross (left of Connelly) to Key West, Florida by unidentified person. Also present are (from left to right) Assistant to the President John R. Steelman, governor of Washington Monrad Wallgren, and writer Jonathan Daniels. Truman and his advisers and staff were in Key West for a post-election vacation.