Presidential campaign trips

President Harry S. Truman casts his line into a lake a Sun Valley, Idaho, an was critiqued by two unidentified staff members of the main lodge, where he enjoyed a brief overnight stay during his Western presidential tour. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Front row from left to right, District Commissioner Guy Jason, First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman. They are standing on the rear of a train at Union Station, Washington, D.C. having returned from a political campaigning trip.

New York Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey (second from left) in Springfield, Missouri during the 1948 presidential campaign. On the left is Governor Dewey's wife, Frances. Others are unidentified. From: Kenneth Sender.

President Harry S. Truman speaking from the rear platform of a train during a campaign stop in Morehead, Kentucky in 1948.

New York Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey (second from left) in Springfield, Missouri during the 1948 presidential campaign. On the left is Governor Dewey's wife, Frances. Others are unidentified. From: Kenneth Sender.

New York Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey (waving from train) in Springfield, Missouri during the 1948 presidential campaign. From: Kenneth Sender.

President Harry S. Truman stands on the rear of a train in Sidney, Ohio, talking to citizens. Others in photo are unidentified.

Former President Theodore Roosevelt's campaign train makes a stop at the Santa Fe station in Baldwin, Kansas. From: Willard Garrett.

At the Santa Fe Station in Baldwin, Kansas, former President Theodore Roosevelt's train makes a campaign stop. From: Willard Garrett.

At the Santa Fe Station in Baldwin, Kansas, former President Theodore Roosevelt (on rear platform, right) was introduced by Senator Joseph L. Bristow while on a campaign stop. From: Willard Garrett.