Campaign trips

A crowd of spectators look toward a train (not visible) where President Harry S. Truman is giving a campaign speech during a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky. From: James F. Rourke.

From the back of a train, President Harry S. Truman delivers a campaign speech to a crowd of people gathered to hear him at a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky. From: James F. Rourke.

President Harry S. Truman delivers a campaign speech from the back of a train to a crowd of supporters gathered to hear him at a whistlestop in Lexington, Missouri. From: James F. Rourke.

A view of a large crowd of supporters gathered to hear President Harry S. Truman give a campaign speech. The President can be seen in the distance on the rear platform of a train making a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky. From: James F. Rourke.

President Harry S. Truman (right) chats with an unidentified young man on the back of a train making a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky, where the President will address a crowd of supporters. From: James F. Rourke.

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.

A small plane waits at Pryor Field for former President Harry S. Truman to board after his visit to Decatur, Alabama, where he made a major address before a crowd of 10,000 plus at a political rally for the Kennedy-Johnson ticket. From: J.F. Rowden, Traffic Superintendent, Chemstrand Company, Decatur, Alabama 35602

Prior to departing from Pryor Field, Alabama, former President Harry S. Truman holds up the 1948 newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Mr. Truman gave a major address before a crowd of over 10,000 at a political rally for the Kennedy-Johnson Democratic ticket in Decatur, Alabama. From: J.F. Rowden, Traffic Superintendent, Chemstrand Company, Decatur, Alabama 35602

Former President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with an admirer as he prepares to depart Pryor Field in Decatur, Alabama, where he made a major address at a political rally for the Democratic Kennedy-Johnson ticket before a crowd of 10,000 plus. A peculiar reflection from the sun caused a shadow across the camera lens making it appear that Mr. Truman is wearing a skull cap. From: J.F. Rowden, Traffic Superintendent, Chemstrand Company, Decatur, Alabama