Dennison, Robert L. (Robert Lee), 1901-1980

President Harry S. Truman (standing, center foreground) gives a press conference in the garden of the Little White House while on vacation in Key West, Florida. Reporters and photographers who are gathered in front of him are unidentified. Seated second from the left is Press Secretary Charles Ross.

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.

Captain Robert Dennison (foreground, left) greets Senator and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (foreground, right) upon his arrival at Boca Chica airfield, Key West, Florida, with an airplane in the background. He is joining President Harry S. Truman for a post-election vacation. Others in background are unidentified.

Captain Robert Dennison (left) greets William Boyle, Assistant to the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee (right) upon his arrival at Boca Chica airfield, Key West, Florida, with an airplane in the background. He is joining President Harry S. Truman for a post-election vacation.

In the back seat of the car are Senator J. Howard McGrath, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, (right) and Mr. William M. Boyle, Assistant to the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, (second from right) after they arrive in Key West, Florida from Washington, D.C. They were met at Boca Chica Airfield by Naval Aide to the President Captain Robert Dennison (front seat of car). Their airplane can be seen in the background. They flew to Key West to join President Harry S. Truman on a post-election vacation. All others are unidentified.

From left to right, Senator and Vice President-Elect Alben Barkley, Mr. Leslie Biffle and Captain Robert Dennison depart the Boca Chica airfield in an open car on the way to meet President Harry S. Truman at the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They are joining President Truman and the rest of his party for a post-election vacation.

Portrait of Robert P. Dennison, U. S. Navy, inscribed "To Under Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Whitehair with my admiration for job well done - with warmest person regard from his friend. The White House 17 January 1953 Robert P. Dennison."

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, right) speaks with an unidentified Marine (foreground, left) at the ceremony to award the Navy Department Safety Award to Captain Cecil Adell, commander of the Key West Navy Station. President Truman was on vacation in Key West, Florida. Also present are General Harry Vaughan (background, left, in military uniform) and Admiral Robert Dennison (background, right, in uniform next to President Truman). Reporters and photographers in the background are unidentified.

Admiral Robert Dennison (left) passes out ice cream to children at Fort Jefferson, Florida. Admiral Dennison visited Fort Jefferson as part of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party. All others are unidentified.

Admiral Robert Dennison (second from right) with unidentified naval officer serve themselves lunch at the buffet at Fort Jefferson during a trip to the Fort as part of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party. Also present is Captain Cecil Adell (right). Others are unidentified.