Truman and others at whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky

Accession Number

2006-112

8x10 inches (21x26 cm)

Black & White

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NAID 350376598

Keywords

Presidential campaign, 1948

Presidents

Railroads

HST Keywords

Kentucky - Lexington - Truman - Whistlestop; Trains - Truman Aboard - Kentucky - Lexington; Truman - Campaigns - Presidential - 1948 - States - Other - Kentucky - Lexington; Truman - Dignitaries - Senators

People Pictured

Chapman, Virgil Munday, 1895-1951

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

Underwood, Thomas Rust, 1898-1956

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Credit:

Lexington Herald-Leader

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

Senator Virgil Chapman (center), Democrat, Kentucky, points out something of interest to President Harry S. Truman (left) as they view the crowd from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky, where the President is to make a campaign speech. Tom Underwood, Editor of The Lexington Leader, is on the right. From: James F. Rourke.

Date(s)

October 1, 1948

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Truman and others at whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky