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President Harry S. Truman and Party Tour Fort Jefferson National Monument

President Harry S. Truman (far right with cane) tour Fort Jefferson National Monument with members of his White House staff and advisors. Also present are First Lady Bess Truman (foreground, in solid dress) and Margaret Truman (foreground, in patterned dress). All others are unidentified. The Truman family and staff were on a post-election vacation.

Truman and His Party Pose for Photograph During Visit to Key West

President Harry S. Truman and members of his vacation party pose for photograph in the garden of the Little White House. Back row, left to right: Administrative Assistant to the President Donald Dawson, Assistant Press Secretary Eben Ayers, General Robert Landry, General Harry Vaughan, Leslie Biffle, Special Counsel to the President Clark Clifford, Stanley Woodward, General Wallace Graham, Captain Robert Dennison, William J. Bray, Jonathan Daniels. Front row, left to right: Correspondence Secretary William D.

Collage of President Truman with his White House Staff. Others identified with photo

Collage of President Truman with his White House Staff. Top row, Appointments Secretary Matthew J. Connelly, President Harry S. Truman, Samuel Rosenman. Bottom row: Press Secretary Charles Ross, naval aide Captain James Vardaman, and military aide General Harry Vaughan. Original in a leather portfolio stored with albums. Same as 69-481. See also 96-194 for autographed photo of same. Donor: Thomas F. McDaniel.

Ladies Spanish Class

Professor Ramon Ramos (first row, fifth from left) with his entire Spanish class, possibly at the White House. Also pictured: Augusta (Mrs. Clarence) Goodwin (first row, fourth from left); First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, sixth from left); and Mrs. Truman's Personal Secretary Reathel Odum (second row, right). Mrs. Dwight D. (Mamie) Eisenhower is second from left on first row. All others unidentified.

Spanish Class

Professor Ramon Ramos (first row, seventh from left) with all the members of his Spanish class. Also pictured: Augusta (Mrs. Clarence) Goodwin (first row, sixth from left); First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, sixth from right); and Mrs. Truman's Personal Secretary, Reathel Odum (second row; right). All others unidentified. Photo is autographed at the bottom: "To Reathel Odum with kindest regards Naomi Nover."

White House Spanish Class

Ramon Ramos (standing by the blackboard) teaches a Spanish Class at the White House for wives of government officials. Seated, from left to right, are Mamie (Mrs. Dwight D.) Eisenhower, Margaret (Mrs. Robert) Patterson, Maryon (Mrs. Lester B.) Pearson, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and Josephine (Mrs. Hugo L.) Black. Standing, from left to right, are Miss Florence King, Mrs. Williams H. Davis, Miss Reathel Odum, Representative Jessie Sumner of Illinois, Priscilla (Mrs. John L.) Sullivan, Augusta (Mrs. Clarence N.) Goodwin, and an unidentified woman.

Truman Signs Baseball

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (first row, center) autographing a baseball for a young boy. First row, left to right: First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (center); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (right). All others unidentified.

Trumans at Baseball Game

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman and others standing for the National Anthem at a baseball game. First row, left to right: Reathel Odum; First Lady Bess W. Truman; President Harry S. Truman; and Admiral William Leahy. Second row: Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (third from left); and William Hassett, Correspondence Secretary to the President (fourth from left). Standing in the third row, directly behind Admiral Leahy is Senator Arthur Vandenberg. All others unidentified.

Truman at Baseball Game

Stereoscope photo of President Harry S. Truman (standing, left) shakes hands with a player during a baseball game. Also pictured: First Lady Bess W. Truman (first row, left); Admiral William Leahy (first row, right); and Matthew Connelly, Appointments Secretary to the President (second row, between Mrs. and President Truman). All others unidentified.