Political campaigns

Margaret Truman on rear of train with others that are unidentified, during President Truman's campaign visit to Idaho.

While in Joplin, Missouri, Senator Harry S. Truman (left center) is greeted by a group of Democrats from the Seventh Congressional District in the southwest portion of the state. Senator Truman is shaking hands with Joplin Mayor Orville Mahoney. All others are unidentified.

Senator Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with J. B. Beams (right) in Carrollton, Missouri during his 1940 Senate campaign.

Senator Harry S. Truman stands with a group of men and white mules from the parade preceding his address at Brookfield, Missouri. From left to right: R. S. Brownlee, Dr. T. C. Oyler, Senator Truman, William A. Scanlon, Bill Street, C. B. Burns, Dr. J. T. McLarney, and Walter Burnett.

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.

Supporters outside the William O. Douglas campaign headquarters. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo Number: 306-NT-135. Restrictions: Freelance Photographer's Guild.

A young man is being held aloft by his friends in Berkeley, California at the train station. He is holding buttons that read: "We Want Truman To Nominate Ike." President Harry S. Truman (not in photo) is visiting Berkeley during his western trip across the United States. See 66-727 for same photo.

Senator Harry S. Truman (center) with unidentified men at the Democratic Campaign Headquarters in Sedalia, Missouri. He is opening his drive for re-election to the Senate.

Color photo of the Vice President Alben W. Barley at an unidentified outdoor rally.

Foreground, from left to right: Mrs. Bess W. Truman, Margaret Truman, and Victor Messall at a campaign rally in Sedalia, Missouri to kick of Senator Harry S. Truman's 1940 reelection campaign. Victor Messall was one of Senator Truman's secretaries and his campaign manager at the time this photo was taken. All others are unidentified.