President Harry S. Truman waves as he shakes the hand of Vice Presidential nominee Alben Barkley from the rear platform of the presidential campaign train. Margaret Truman also appears on the the platform. The president promised Senator Barkley that he would "fight like hell" to get elected, as they embark from Union Station in Washington, DC, on a 19-state election tour. [From: Chicago Sun-Times]
President Harry S. Truman smiles and holds his hat while displaying a paddle with the inscription, "For Use On Republicans Only!" from the rear platform of his campaign train. The paddle was a gift for the president during his campaign stop in Akron, Ohio. [From: New York Herald Tribune]
First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and President Harry S. Truman smile from the rear platform of a train in Independence, Missouri. After voting in the mid-term election earlier that morning, the Trumans were leaving on a Baltimore & Ohio train from Independence to Washington, D.C.
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. Donor: New York Herald Tribune.
CBS recording of activities aboard the Harry S. Truman and Thomas Dewey campaign trains, edited together and aired on the radio October 1, 1948. From the Dewey Victory Special, Allen Dulles explains his role as a Dewey advisor on foreign affairs. Other Dewey campaign advisors and assistants also introduce themselves and their roles, including Dewey's secretary. Journalists representing the New Yorker magazine, the Baltimore Afro-American, and CBS also introduce themselves.
Series of short Friendship Food Train public service announcements from various celebrities, encouraging Americans to donate food to the hungry people of Europe. Voices include: Ava Gardner; Fred MacMurray; Charles Boyer; Danny Kaye; Nelson Eddy; Edward G. Robinson; Boris Karloff; Errol Flynn; Jack Carson; Ann Sothern; and Joseph Cotten.
A map showing railroad connections to principal cities within a 400 mile radius of Moberly, Missouri. Surrounding the map are photographs and text describing life in Moberly and Randolph County, Missouri. Photographs and text of the General Omar N. Bradley Municipal Airport are highlighted in red pencil. Handwriting on the back reads: "Official File 273, 6-3-46." M183 is located on the back of this map.
A map of Moberly, Missouri that shows recreational areas, schools, churches, governmental buildings, businesses, railroads, airports, city routes, highways, city limits, and other points of interest. Handwriting reads: "Official File 273, 6-3-46." M183-01 is located on the back of this map.
A drawing titled "Appendix C of the Program: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Competition: Cross-Section Profiles of the Memorial Area: Showing Railroad and Interstate Highway Proposals." The four cross-section profiles of roads in St. Louis, Missouri include a sketch of the Old Courthouse, a proposed interstate highway, a proposed railroad tunnel, the existing elevated railroad, the ground line, the approximate rock line, the high water line of 1844, and other details. Handwriting on the back reads: "Removed from O.F. 234-C, ltr, 6-25-47."
An aerial photograph titled "Appendix A of the Program: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Competition: Vertical View of the Program Site." The photograph of St. Louis, Missouri and East St. Louis, Illinois has been overprinted to show proposed interstate highways, proposed relocation of railroad tracks, and areas to be developed as part of the Memorial. Handwriting on the back reads: "Removed from O.F. 234-C, ltr, 6-25-47."