Underwood, Thomas Rust, 1898-1956

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.

President Harry S. Truman converses with Tom Mooney (left), Mayor, Lexington, Kentucky; Senator Virgil Chapman (2nd from right), Democrat, Kentucky; and Tom Underwood (right), editor, Lexington Herald, on the back of a train making a campaign whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky, where the President will address a crowd of supporters. From: James F. Rourke.