U.S. Navy

Unidentified polar explorers and Miss Vernice Anderson (right) seen canceling mail at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Group of visitors to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, posing next to the bust of American pioneer polar explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd. Pictures (left to right): Mr. Rutford, Mr. Campbell, Grover E. Murray, Miss Vernice Anderson, Laurence M. Gould, and Mr. Niemburg.

One of the firemen sits in the cab of Santa Fe No. 26, the train that carried President Harry S. Truman to and from California on his trip to the West Coast. He is unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Three members of the train crew of Santa Fe No. 26 stand in front of the engine at a rail yard in Los Angeles, California. This is the train that carried President Harry S. Truman to and from the west coast on his trip. They are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (4th from right) and a group of unidentified men pose for a photo at the Jefferson City, Missouri train station, as the President returns from a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 59-373-1)

Margaret Truman is surrounded by reporters as she holds a press conference on the train returning President Harry S. Truman and family to Kansas City after a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 96-129) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd gathers at a railroad station in a small town in Idaho to hear President Harry S. Truman speak as he makes a Whistlestop during his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. President Truman is not pictured here. (Same as 66-671) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Five unidentified oriental military personnel ride in an open-air jeep at an unknown location. Official cars can be seen parked in the background. The photo was probably taken during President Harry S. Truman's presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman embraces an unidentified woman on the rear platform of his train at an unknown location during his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. General Harry Vaughan is on the right; the other man is unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Clerical staff pose for a photo before accompanying President Harry S. Truman on his western trip. Seated on a couch in the train compartment, left to right: Shirley Green, Myra Houck, (President Truman's secretary) Rose Conway, and Myrtle Bergheim. Same as 96-116. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 3x5 negative.