Presidential campaign trips

President Harry S. Truman (front row, right) receives a standing ovation from those political dignitaries sitting on the platform and from the crowd after a speech made during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman is on the left, standing just behind the man shaking hands with President Truman. Others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands at the podium and addresses the crowd assembled during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (seated, in foreground), listens while her father, President Harry S. Truman, gives a campaign speech in Middletown, Connecticut. The right half of President Truman's body can be seen on the extreme right of the photo. The others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (at microphone) addresses a crowd gathered during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman is seated on his right. None of the others are identified.

President Harry S. Truman, standing at the microphone, addresses the crowd assembled during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman his seated on his right. None of the others are identified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from right) awaits his turn to address the crowd during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman is on the speaker's right. Neither the speaker nor any of the others can be identified.

James Roosevelt (second from left) stands by a railroad track and speaks with people gathered to greet President Harry S. Truman during a whistlestop in Burbank, California. The other people are unidentified. From: Robert Godwin.

A crowd of people in Burbank, California, wait alongside railroad tracks for President Harry S. Truman to arrive. Truman is on a whistlestop campaign tour of California. From: Robert Godwin.

James Roosevelt (center) stands by a railroad track and speaks with people gathered to greet President Harry S. Truman during a whistlestop in Burbank, California. The other people are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman campaigns from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. The man in the background is unidentified. From: Robert Godwin.