Automobiles

President Harry S. Truman sits in the back seat of an open car as General Lewis A. Pick, Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, prepares to close the door for a visit to Fort Peck Dam, Montana, a stopover on the President's trip to the Pacific Northwest. The dam was developed for flood control and irrigation for the upper Mississippi-Missouri River basin. From: Sister Andrea Johnston, SCL, St. Mary College, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.

Former President Harry S. Truman (back seat, center) rides in the back seat of an automobile with Mayor James T. Hanlon (left) and Joseph J. Lawler (right), Pennsylvania Secretary of Highways, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he will attend a "Friendly Sons of St. Patrick" dinner. From: George E. Clark, The Scranton Times, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Faded (purplish) color snapshot of former President Harry S. Truman (left) and Portland, Oregon Mayor Fred L. Peterson (center) in the backseat of an official car preparing to move off for the 47th annual Rose Festival floral parade viewed by crowds estimated at more than 400,000. Another man on the left is unidentified. See also 93-146. From: A.E. Christensen.

Former President Harry S. Truman (back seat, rights side of car) rides in a car carrying Alex Campbell (front seat on right) and others not identified to a rally for Vance Hartke, Democratic Candidate for Senator from Indiana.

President Harry S. Truman sits atop the back seat of a Buick convertible as he drives past the Hollywood Grill during his motorcade through Flint, Michigan, on a campaign stop there.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (back seat, right) smile at the crowd from the back seat of an automobile as they parade down the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

President Harry S. Truman (second from left, next to officer in white uniform, party obscured) and Brazilian President Eurico Gaspar Dutra (third from left) prepare to enter an automobile for a parade in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is scheduled to address the Inter-American Defense Conference at the Quitandinha Hotel in Petropolis. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman Library."

Senator Arthur Vandenburg, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stands by a car in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he is to attend the Pan-American Conference of Foreign Ministers. Please credit: "Maj. Jerome Eichholz, U.S. Air Force, courtesy Harry S. Truman, Library."

Lt. Col. A. Robert Ginsburgh and a group of Army officers and enlisted men from Washington, D. C., and Baer Field, visit the Studebaker Corporation, on March 4, 1942. This photo shows Lt. Col. Ginsburgh standing at the podium addressing employees of the Studebaker Corporation.

An unidentified man in a car with a sign in the back window, which states, "Be Human, Vote for Roosevelt and Truman."