Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

President Harry S. Truman speaks with former Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan. The President inspected the submarine Squalus at the Portsmouth Navy Yard today. The Squalus sank May 23rd, 1939, due to a mechanical failure; 23 crew members perished. She was raised and served against Japan, renamed as the Sailfish. The superstructure was kept after the war to serve as a memorial for the men lost. President Truman is in Kittery, Maine on behalf of the Stevenson campaign.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a crowd estimated at 7,000 at Mustang Field in Shenandoah, Iowa today during his campaign stop. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman waves greetings to a throng that greets him as he emerges from Central Terminal just after his arrival in Buffalo, New York for a campaign speech. At right is U.S. Senator Herbert H. Lehman. At left is John Cashmore, Brooklyn Borough President and Democrat candidate for U.S. Senator. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (left) clasps the hand and arm of an old friend, singer Lucy Monroe, as she greets him after his speech at the annual Columbus Day dinner. Joining in the general note of happiness is Fortune Pope (background), chairman of the $25.00-a-plate dinner in the Waldorf Astoria Ballroom in New York City.

President Harry S. Truman removes his hat as he meets Portsmouth High School cheerleaders during a brief visit to New Hampshire's only seacoast city today. The President is campaigning for Adlai Stevenson through lower New Hampshire. At the extreme right is Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan.

President Harry S. Truman and his daughter, Margaret, who sports a king-sized handbag boosting this year's Democratic Presidential candidate (ADLAI), board the special train here in Buffalo, New York to continue the President's whistlestop tour in support of Governor Stevenson.

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 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 Harry S. Truman smiles as he receives the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Brotherhood Medal from Dr. Comna Asapansa-Johnson, master of ceremonies for his presidential appearance at Dorrance Brooks Park in Harlem. The high point of President Truman's campaign tour was a major address on civil rights in the heart of New York's African American community. The meeting was sponsored by the Interdenominational Minister's Alliance of Greater New York. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman is shown speaking from the train to a crowd at Helper, Utah. He is working his way back eastward after a vigorous campaign through the west for Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson. He attacked Senators Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, William Jenner of Indiana, James P. Kem of Missouri, and Robert A. Taft of Ohio, as men who have taken over GOP Presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower. He asked how the General could be elected "with the crew he has got around him" and it's "terrible record."