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Truman, Robert L. Sweeney and others in the private car of the Ferdinand Magellan

2006-7
Accession Number
2006-7
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350377360
Keywords
African Americans
Friends and associates
Presidential campaign trips
Presidential campaign, 1948
Presidential press secretaries
Presidents
Railroads
HST Keywords
Autographs - Sweeney, Robert L.; Negroes - Leaders; Trains - Truman - Ferdinand Magellan; Truman - Campaigns - Presidential - 1948 - Iowa; Truman - Dignitaries - General - Negroes
People Pictured
Ross, Charles G. (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Description

President Harry S. Truman meets with Robert L. Sweeney, a friend of the President and the first Black supervisor in the Kansas City, Missouri Post Office, and others in his private car aboard the Ferdinand Magellan, the Presidential train. This photo was taken sometime after President Truman gave a campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa. Left to right are: Press Secretary Charles Ross; leader and chief strategist of the Citizens Committee to Reelect Truman, Anna Hedgeman; Missouri State Representative J. McKinley Neal; Robert L. Sweeney; Lewis M. Clymer; and President Truman. The location is unknown. The photo is autographed as follows: "To my Friend and Benefactor, one of America's Greatest Presidents, Robert L. Sweeney." (Same as 78-741 and 2006-208 except for autograph.) From: Robert L. Sweeney

Date(s)
ca.
September 1948