Truman campaigning in California
President Harry S. Truman (right) campaigns from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. The other man is unidentified. From: Robert Godwin.
Presidential campaign trips
Truman with James Roosevelt in California
President Harry S. Truman (left), on the campaign trail, speaks with James Roosevelt (right) from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. From: Robert Godwin.
Truman, Robert L. Sweeney and others in the private car of the Ferdinand Magellan
President Harry S. Truman meets with Robert L. Sweeney, a friend of the President and the first Black supervisor in the Kansas City, Missouri Post Office, and others in his private car aboard the Ferdinand Magellan, the Presidential train. This photo was taken sometime after President Truman gave a campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa. Left to right are: Press Secretary Charles Ross; leader and chief strategist of the Citizens Committee to Reelect Truman, Anna Hedgeman; Missouri State Representative J. McKinley Neal; Robert L. Sweeney; Lewis M. Clymer; and President Truman.
President Truman and Russ Stewart in Chicago, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman (right), accompanied by Russ Stewart of the Chicago Sun-Times, carries his luggage on the way to the campaign train. The date is not known. From: Mrs. John Stewart.
President Harry S. Truman Shakes Hands with Child in Denver, Colorado
President Harry S. Truman (left), campaigning in Denver, Colorado, shakes hands with a 7-year-old admirer, Susan Smith, who predicted his re-election and spoke of their common interest in the piano. Others are unidentified. From: Susan Jane Smith.
President Truman campaigns in St. Paul, Minnesota
President Harry S. Truman waves his hat to the crowd as he leaves the railroad station at a campaign stop in St. Paul, Minnesota. Behind the rope barrier and to the right of the drum is Elizabeth Slusser with brother Michael on her right and brother Richard just behind with left hand raised. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Richard C. Slusser.
President Truman waves from rear platform of train in Rock Island, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman waves from the rear platform of a train during a whistlestop in Rock Island, Illinois on the 1948 campaign trail. The policeman in the photo is unidentified. From: Niel Johnson
President Truman on rear platform of train in Rock Island, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman stands on the step of the rear platform of a train looking into a photographer's camera. The photo was taken in Rock Island, Illinois, during a whistlestop tour on the 1948 campaign trail. From: Niel Johnson
President Truman looks out from rear platform of train in Rock Island, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman looks out from the rear platform of a train during a whistlestop in Rock Island, Illinois, on his 1948 campaign trip. From: Niel Johnson
Truman speaks from rear platform of train in Rock Island, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) speaks to a crowd from the rear platform of a train in Rock Island, Illinois, during a whistlestop campaign tour. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Niel Johnson