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President Harry S. Truman Greets a Crowd

President Harry S. Truman (on rear platform, third from right) and others stand on the rear platform of a train and greet a crowd gathered at a railroad station in an unidentified eastern Missouri city. President Truman is headed back to Washington after a trip to the West Coast. Also present is Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly (on platform, right). All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Distance View of President Truman Speaking to a Crowd at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri

With the presidential train in the background, President Harry S. Truman (in center, on speaker's platform) addresses the crowd gathered at the railroad station in St. Louis, Missouri, on his return from his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library from the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Truman arrives at Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri after his western trip

President Harry S. Truman doffs his hat as he is greeted by an enthusiastic crowd after arriving at Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri, from his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. He will go on to Washington, D.C., after spending a night at the summer White House in Independence, Missouri. (Same as 68-1597) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman Near Los Angeles, California

President Harry S. Truman (right) is greeted by three men on the rear platform of a train which has just arrived in Los Angeles, California. the man second from the right is Lieutenant Governor Goodwin Knight; the man on the left is a member of the Greater Los Angeles Press Club, where the President is to attend and speak at a luncheon at the Coconut Grove restaurant, in the Ambassador Hotel; the third man is unidentified. All people on the ground are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.