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President Truman and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman in the Back of an Automobile

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman are in a car returning from a whistlestop tour of four east-central states. They are outside Union Station in Washington, D. C. They were met by about 2,000 people. The President said: "I'm always happy to go to a party, particularly when it's for me." He drew applause when he said that "once in a while I've polished a little brass but sometimes it needs polishing." From: Houston Post.

President Truman in an Open Car Riding to the Democratic National Convention

President Harry S. Truman (left) smiling as he rides in a open car from his hotel to the Stockyards Inn, adjacent to Chicago's International Amphitheater where the Democratic Convention is in session attempting to name a party presidential nominee. With him are Treasury Secretary John Snyder (center) and Mayor Martin Kennelly of Chicago.