Political conventions

India Edwards, Executive Director of the Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, stands at the podium holding a large balloon just released from a box. The event, date, and location are unidentified but may be during the 1948 Democratic Convention. (The photo has a portion cut out at left bottom.)

This is a signed photograph of Senator Samuel Jackson (left side) holding Senator Harry S. Truman's (right side) hand high after Mr. Truman was chosen as Vice-President at the Chicago Convention. The photo is autographed by Truman: "Best wishes to the greatest chairman the Democrats ever had, from Harry S Truman, U.S.S. Missouri." Original photo has been transferred to the museum collection.

President Harry S. Truman, center, delivers his acceptance speech at the Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1948.