Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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.

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 is shown with Jackson McBride of Honolulu, Hawaii, standing in front of the "Liberty Bell Brigade" truck, parked at the North entrance to the Truman Library. The truck is carrying a replica of the Liberty Bell, and Mr. McBride is stumping for statehood from the coast to Washington, D.C. A sign on the truck proclaims, "It tolls for thee. Hawaii's Liberty Bell. Help free our statehood bill. Write, wire, call your Congressman." (See 2004-252 through 259.) From Mike Stevens, Boonville, Indiana.

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.