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President Harry S. Truman and others on the rear platform of a train in San Marcos, Texas

2007-154
Accession Number
2007-154
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348337925
Keywords
Political campaigns
Judges
Legislators
Presidential campaign, 1948
Presidents
Railroads
HST Keywords
Texas - San Marcos; Trains - 1948; Truman - Campaigns - Presidential - 1948 - Texas, San Marcos
People Pictured
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Cape, Ed
Geisen, Ed
Smith, Max
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Credit:
San Marcos Daily Record, TX

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
President Harry S. Truman speaks from the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop in San Marcos, Texas, during the 1948 presidential campaign. Left to right are: Ed Geisen, a local politician; Lyndon B. Johnson (partially obscured); President Harry S. Truman; Ed Cape, a banker; Laura Ramsay; and Judge Max Smith, a local County Judge. From: Charles Blankenship.
Date(s)
September 27, 1948