Presidential campaign, 1956

Former President Harry S. Truman (left) at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. He is standing in front of a bank of microphones and surrounded by newsmen, smiling and waving some pages of handwritten notes. All others are unidentified. From: Marty Nordstrom, Minneapolis, Minnesota

This political cartoon by Herblock shows former President Harry S. Truman walking past images of presidential candidates with the caption "He don't say nothing. He just keeps strolling along." The candidates pictured include Averell Harriman, Adlai Stevenson, Estes Kefauver, Stuart Symington, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Frank Lausche.

From left to right, former President Harry S. Truman, Adlai Stevenson, and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Former President Harry S. Truman (right) with New York Governor Averell Harriman (left) and New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner (center), winding up his one-day campaign swing, on behalf of Democratic Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson and Senatorial candidate Robert F. Wagner, at New York's Manhattan Center. From: Maxwell C. Ross, Old American Insurance Company, Kansas City, Missouri

Former President Harry S. Truman (left), wearing an "All the Way with Adlai" campaign button, clasps hands with Leo Sukala at a Democratic fund-raising dinner in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where Mr. Truman was the guest speaker. From: Leo Sukala.

Former President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from right), in Monessen, Pennsylvania, for a Democratic rally supporting the Stevenson/Kefauver ticket, poses with three police officers. Representatives and labor leaders from the Pittsburgh Steel Co. are in the background. All are unidentified. From: John B. Sucevic, Safety Inspector, Pittsburgh Steel Co., Mill Office, Monessen, Pa.

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated, fourth from left) works on his notes as he waits his turn to address the crowd gathered in Monessen, Pennsylvania, at a Democratic rally in support of the Stevenson/ Kefauver ticket. Others on the platform, unidentified, are labor leaders from the Pittsburgh Steel Company. From: John B. Sucevic, Safety Inspector, Pittsburgh Steel Company

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated, second from right) sits on the speakers' platform where he is to address the crowd at a Democratic rally for the Stevenson/Kefauver ticket held in Monessen, Pennsylvania. The others, who are unidentified, are labor leaders from the Pittsburgh Steel Co. From: John B. Sucevic, Safety Inspector, Pittsburgh Steel Co.

Former President Harry S. Truman (third from left), seated on the speaker's platform, shakes hands with a Democratic supporter from the Pittsburgh Steel Company at a rally supporting the Stevenson/Kefauver ticket, held in Monessen, Pennsylvania. None of the others are identified. From: John B. Sucevic, Safety Inspector, Pittsburgh Steel Co.