Political campaigns

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with son James at his side, waves to a crowd of admirers. The event, location, and other people in the photo are unknown, though it appears to be a political rally. From: John Bosworth.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop in San Marcos, Texas, during the 1948 presidential campaign. Left to right are: Ed Geisen, a local politician; Lyndon B. Johnson (partially obscured); President Harry S. Truman; Ed Cape, a banker; Laura Ramsay; and Judge Max Smith, a local County Judge. From: Charles Blankenship.

Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, speaking in Peoria, Illinois. Senator Truman is denying the charges that started in 1922 that he was a former member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Former President Truman with three unidentified men walking through the streets of Evansville, Indiana. From a leather bound album of 25 photos of former President Truman attending the Kennedy-Welsh Dinner in Evansville, Indiana. Donated by Mayor Frank P. McDonald.

A group of men, women and children holding signs reading "Give 'Em Hell" Harry and other political slogans stand to see the President, who is out of sight. There are some African Americans in the crowd. This is a 9 x 14 photo.

President Harry S. Truman in an automobile in Hartford, Connecticut with Connecticut politicians after speaking on behalf of the Stevenson/Sparkman ticket. Back seat of car, left to right: President Truman, Senator William Benton, and Abraham Ribicoff, Democratic candidate for Senate. In the middle seat, left to right: Stanley J. Pribyson, young Democratic leader, and Thomas J. Dodd, U.S. Representative. Secret Service agent Henry J. Nicholson sits in the front seat; the driver is unidentified. Donor: Reid MacCluggage, The Hartford Courant.

President Harry S. Truman in an automobile in Hartford, Connecticut with Connecticut politicians after speaking on behalf of the Stevenson/Sparkman ticket. Back seat of car, left to right: President Truman, Senator William Benton, and Abraham Ribicoff, Democratic candidate for Senate. In the middle seat, left to right: Stanley J. Pribyson, young Democratic leader, and Thomas J. Dodd, U.S. Representative. Secret Service agent Henry J. Nicholson sits in the front seat. Donor: Reid MacCluggage, The Hartford Courant.

President Harry S. Truman in an automobile in Hartford, Connecticut with Connecticut politicians after speaking on behalf of the Stevenson/Sparkman ticket. Back seat of car, left to right: President Truman, Senator William Benton, and Abraham Ribicoff, Democratic candidate for Senate. In the front seat, left to right: Stanley J. Pribyson, young Democratic leader, and Thomas J. Dodd, U.S. Representative. Donor: Reid MacCluggage, The Hartford Courant.

Former President Harry S. Truman (seated at table, right), Frank McHale (left), and Jim Fleming (center) at a breakfast held at Alex Campbell's farm in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the morning after a dinner a rally for Senator Vance Hartke.

Former President Harry S. Truman (third from right, in gray suit) with Vance Hartke, Democratic candidate for Senator, taken at a breakfast held at Alex Campbell's farm in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The day before, former President Truman attended a dinner and rally for Senator Hartke.