Campaign trips

The campaign "sound" car of Judge Harry S. Truman, going down a street in Poplar Bluff as crowd watches. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

William H. Meredith, Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives, is at the microphone in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He is getting ready to introduce Judge Harry S. Truman, candidate for Senator from Missouri. Others in the background are unidentified. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

Judge Harry S. Truman speaking at microphone on the steps of the courthouse in Poplar Bluff while campaigning for the United States Senate. All others in the background are unidentified. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

Urso George, a colleague from the Harry S. Truman Senate campaign, in Greenville, Missouri, standing by a monument in a park with a dog. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

L to R: Urso George, Harry S. Truman, and Mat Murray in Greenville, Missouri, standing by a car, holding bottles of pop. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

Bentley Morrow standing by the campaign car in Greenville. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album was from the Truman home.

Judge Harry S. Truman speaking in Greenville, Missouri in a park standing at a tall microphone. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album was from the Truman home.

Judge Harry S. Truman speaking at Fredericktown, October 2, 1934, at 10:00 a.m. He is standing at a microphone on the steps of the courthouse. Men are sitting on the steps listening to him. From an album of campaign pictures from October 1 to November 3, 1934, presented to Senator Harry S. Truman by Urso W. George and Bentley Morrow. This album is from the Truman home.

The Truman family during the 1940 campaign in front of a Roosevelt election poster. Left to Right: Senator Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and Bess Wallace Truman.

Senator Harry S. Truman (fourth from the right, front row) among a crowd in Washington D.C. during the 1940 Missouri Senate Campaign.