Campaign speeches

President Harry S. Truman speaks from behind a podium on a campaign platform while campaigning in Syracuse, New York. A group of unidentified men, also standing on the platform, look on.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from behind a podium on a campaign platform while campaigning in Syracuse, New York. A group of unidentified people look on from the platform, and a photographer works in the foreground.

President Harry S. Truman smiles as he speaks from behind a podium at a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from behind a podium on a campaign platform while campaigning in Syracuse, New York. A group of unidentified men, also standing on the platform, look on.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from behind a podium with radio microphones on a campaign platform during a campaign tour of Syracuse, New York. First Lady Bess W. Truman (right, standing under umbrella) and unidentified supporters join President Truman on the platform.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from behind a podium on a campaign platform at an event in Fort Worth, Texas.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from behind a podium on a campaign platform while campaigning in Syracuse, New York. A group of unidentified men, also standing on the platform, look on.

President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) speaks to a crowd at a presidential campaign stop in Fort Worth, Texas. All others are unidentified.

Broadcast by radio station WDAN, President Harry S. Truman speaks from the rear platform of a train at a Whistlestop in Danville, Illinois, during his 1948 campaign for the presidency. (Original is in oversize drawer.) From: Truman Home.

The bandstand from which Senator Harry S. Truman addressed a crowd on his 1940 Campaign. Senator Truman was up for re-election to the U.S. Senate. The location is Fredricktown, Missouri.