Advertising, Political

This is a photograph of a newspaper advertisement for Harry S. Truman's 1924 campaign for Eastern District Jackson County Court Judge. The photo ran in the Independence Examiner.

Notice of rally at the Hippodrome to fight communism, location unknown. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit.

Campaign poster for Harry S. Truman for Jackson County Court, showing Truman's platform, and polling places for each township in Jackson County. This item probably dates from 1924, when Truman ran for County Judge.

The back of an automobile, with 1948 New York license plates, decorated show support for the Democrats in the 1948 election. The photo is autographed: "To my good friend Vic Messall with kindest personal regards, Dan McCarty."

Ed Landmichl stands near a 1928 or 1929 aircooled Franklin car. The car is covered in signs bearing slogans for "Boyle for State's Attorney", Adlai Stevenson for Governor, Paul Douglas, Michael J. Flynn, and Edward J. Barrett.

Campaign item, a map of Jackson County, Missouri. At the bottom is printed "vote for Harry S. Truman for Judge, County Court, Eastern District." This dates from the period when Truman ran for County Judge in the 1920s.

A billboard erected in support of President Truman's campaign in 1948. This was installed in the lawn of Mr. Tony Moscato of Edgewood, Maryland. The men in front of the sign are unidentified.

A button shaped like the Liberty Bell for President Harry S. Truman's 1948 presidential campaign. This sample button was made by James E. Robinson, and the bell was intended to glow in the dark.

Women look out the windows of a "Housewives for Truman" bus during the 1948 presidential campaign in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Standing by the bus are, left to right, Minneapolis Mayor Hubert Humphrey, Mrs. Douglas Hunt, and Mr. Thomas E. Walsh, Chairman, Truman-Barkley Club of Minnesota. From: India Edwards