Mayors

President Harry S. Truman (center) meets with Chicago Mayor Martin Kennelly (right) and another man on the rear platform of the presidential train when it was in Chicago, Illinois.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Philadelphia Mayor Bernard Samuel inspect the Liberty Bell at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during a campaign stop in the city.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Mayor Dan Ponder of El Paso, Texas, smile during a campaign tour stop in the city. The photo is autographed by Mr. Ponder. All others in the background are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mayor William Sermon of Independence, Missouri (left) pose with a certificate of the Mayor's Traffic Safety Education Committee.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mayor William Sermon of Independence, Missouri (left) pose with a certificate of the Mayor's Traffic Safety Education Committee.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mayor William Sermon of Independence, Missouri (left) pose with a certificate of the Mayor's Traffic Safety Education Committee.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mayor William Sermon of Independence, Missouri (left) pose with a certificate of the Mayor's Traffic Safety Education Committee.

Former President Harry S. Truman pins a Colonel's emblem on new Colonel John Riffle at the Truman Library. From left to right, Colonel John Nordyke, Rufus Burrus (partly obscured), Colonel John A. Riffle, former President Harry S. Truman, and Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle. Col. Nordyke visited the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence to watch the former President pin the Colonel's emblem on new Colonel Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman pins a Colonel's emblem on new Colonel John Riffle at the Truman Library. From left to right, Colonel John Nordyke, Rufus Burrus, Colonel John A. Riffle, former President Harry S. Truman, and Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle. Col. Nordyke visited the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence to watch the former President pin the Colonel's emblem on new Colonel Riffle.

Former President Harry S. Truman pins a Colonel's emblem on new Colonel John Riffle at the Truman Library. From left to right, Colonel John Nordyke, Rufus Burrus (partly obscured), Colonel John A. Riffle, former President Harry S. Truman, and Kansas City Mayor H. Roe Bartle. Col. Nordyke visited the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence to watch the former President pin the Colonel's emblem on new Colonel Riffle.