Motorcades

Harry S. Truman sits on the folded top of his Lincoln convertible sedan and waves to the people waiting along his route to the Naval Station, Key West, Florida. The crowd was the largest ever assembled at Key West, estimated at 25,000. (See 2012-439, 2012-438, 65-2317, 2007-164, 70-1140, 77-697, and 92-109.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman sits on the folded top of his Lincoln convertible sedan and waves his hat to the people waiting along his route to the Naval Station, Key West, Florida. The crowd was the largest ever assembled at Key West, estimated at 25,000. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The largest crowd ever assembled at Key West (estimated at 25,000) lined the streets as President Harry S. Truman's motorcade wound its way to the Naval Station, continuing on to the Little White House. A sign above he street reads "Key West Welcomes Its Favorite Visitor." From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Thousands of people lined Broadway as President Harry S. Truman in a open car slowly paraded down the street in Los Angeles, California. He is in route from the train station to the Ambassador Hotel. He is on his western trip of the United States. This is the same photo as 66-2645, however this photo bears a signature of President Truman.

Arthur Gardiner, Economic Counselor at the United States Embassy in South Vietnam (left) and two unidentified men along a parked motorcade on a dirt road somewhere in South Vietnam.

Unidentified people are lining a motorcade route along a road, somewhere in South Vietnam.

Rear view of the motorcade taking President Harry S. Truman from Union Station to the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California, where he will attend the Greater Los Angeles Press Club luncheon, a stop on his West Coast trip. (Same as 59-303) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

On his trip to the West Coast, President Harry S. Truman waves to the crowd from the back of a convertible as he rides in a motorcade from Union Station to the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. (Same as 66-745) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Crowds line the street to see President Harry S. Truman in a motorcade carrying him from Union Station to the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, the end of his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. He is not visible in this car. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Rear view of the motorcade carrying President Harry S. Truman (not visible), crowds lining the street, from Union Station to the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, during his presidential trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.