Sacks of official mail for the Little White House are handled on the lawn by Lt. Commander William M. Rigdon, USN, White House Staff, Assistant to the Naval Aide to the President. Left to right: photographer George Skadding (LIFE magazine); David Stowe (member of the President's Party); William D. Hassett, Secretary to the President; Lt. Commander William M. Rigdon, USN; and John R. Steelman, Assistant to the President. Same as 67-2890. From: The Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.
Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party play volleyball on the beach in Key West, Florida. Team "A" was: Mr. R. R. Lapham, Lieutenant Commander William Rigdon, Mr. Dick Flohr, Lieutenant Commander E. P. Roberts, General Harry Vaughn, Colonel Cornelius Mara and Mr. Gerald Behn. On the "B" team was: Henry Nicholson, W. Averell Harriman, Irving Perlmeter, Admiral Robert Dennison, Allan McCann, M.S. Mileski and M.L. Gies. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.
Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party play volleyball on the beach in Key West, Florida. Team "A" consisted of: Mr. Lapham, Lieutenant Commander Roberts, General Harry Vaughan, Colonel Cornelius Mara and Jerry Behn. Team "B" consisted of Henry Nicholson, Averell Harriman, Irving Perlmeter, Admiral Robert Dennison, Mr. McCann, Mr. Mileski and Mr. Gies. The "A" team won two straight games. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.
Members of President Harry S. Truman's vacation party take a walk on Truman Beach in Key West, Florida. From left to right: President Harry S. Truman; Colonel Cornelius J. Mara; Captain C.C. Adell; General Wallace Graham; Jerry McCann, Secret Service; W. Averell Harriman; H. J. Nicholson, Secret Service; Irving Perlmeter; William Rigdon; George Elsey; Milton Milski, Secret Service. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4 X 5 negative.
Commander William Rigdon looks through a telescope on the patio at Shangri-la, the Navy Rest Camp in the Catoctin Mountains at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Maryland, frequently used as a presidential retreat. The camp has subsequently been renamed Camp David. Rigdon is Commander of the Williamsburg. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.