Presidential campaign, 1952
President Truman Preparing to Speak in Boston
President Harry S. Truman prepares for a campaign speech before a crowd. He is at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. To the President's left is John F. Kennedy, candidate for Senator, and to the President's right is Governor Paul A. Dever. The President acknowledges the applause he is receiving. From: Houston Post.
President Truman at Union Station in Indianapolis, Indiana
President Harry S. Truman, on an Indianapolis Union Station platform early this morning, linked arms with Frank E. McKinney (left), Indianapolis banker and former Democratic national chairman, and Governor Henry F. Schricker (right) who is running for the Senate against Senator William E. Jenner, (R-Ind.) Same photo as 68-1620, but better quality. From: Houston Post.
President Truman Speaking at Helper, Utah
General View of President Truman at the Speaker's Platform in Spokane
This is a general view of the speaker's platform at Spokane, Washington, Armory as President Harry S. Truman addressed a whistlestop crowd. His daughter, Margaret, is seated to the rear of the President.
President Truman Smokes Peace Pipe with Chief First To Fly
President Harry S. Truman meets with Native Americans on the rear platform of his train while on a Whistlestop tour in support of Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign. He smokes a peace pipe with Assiniboine Chief First to Fly (shown at right with horned ceremonial head gear) in Glasgow, Montana. Two years earlier, President Truman had been made "Chief Bear Soldier" by the Assiniboine (Hohe Nakota) people. The other two Native Americans are unidentified.
President Truman Speaking at Brigham Young University
President Truman Speaks from the Back of his Train
President Harry S. Truman speaks from the back of his special train today in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He is denouncing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican candidate for President, and John Foster Dulles, GOP Foreign Policy Advisor, accusing them of talking loosely about rolling back the iron curtain to liberate the enslaved peoples of Eastern Europe. This, the President said, increases the risk of atomic war with Russia. With the President (center) on the platform are: Sen. Harley M. Kilgore and Rep. M.G. Burnside, Democrats from West Virginia. From: Houston Post.
President Truman Reading his Paper on Train
President Harry S. Truman relaxes and reads a newspaper as his special train carries him into the Midwest to open a two week campaign trip for the Democratic National ticket. His first talk of the trip was made at Fargo, North Dakota today. From: Houston Post.
President Truman Walking in Pittsburgh
President Harry S. Truman got in his early morning walk today. He walks briskly along the Pennsylvania Railroad Station platform while his "whistlestop" special train is being serviced. Although the air was chilly, the President didn't bother with a topcoat. He is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.