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  Photo President Truman at the Washington Navy Yard

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  Photo President Truman fishing

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  Photo President Truman Inauguration Stand

  This inaugural stand built for President Harry S. Truman in 1949 was designed by architect Branch D. Elam.

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  Photo USS Weiss

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  Photo President Truman and President Eisenhower in car

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  Photo President Truman on the Potomac River

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  Photo The Floating White House - Photo 4

  While on the way to Bermuda, President Harry S. Truman returns to the USS Williamsburg after a morning swim, August 1946.