Political conventions

Chicago Mayor Edward J. Kelley raises the hand of Senator Harry S. Truman following the victorious roll call nominating Truman for the Vice-Presidency.

Bess Truman and Margaret Truman at the Democratic Convention, celebrating after the nomination of Senator Harry S. Truman (not in photograph) as the Vice Presidential candidate.

Senator Harry S. Truman sips coffee during states roll call at the Democratic Convention in Chicago after his nomination for the Vice Presidential spot.

Representative Jacinto F. Diniz points to a poster of President Harry S. Truman while he is attending the Democratic National Convention.

President Harry S. Truman, Chicago Mayor Martin H. Kennelly (center), and Frank McKinney (right), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, are shown in the back seat of an automobile. The President, having just arrived at Midway Airport, was in Chicago to attend the 1952 Democratic National Convention. Shaking hands with the President is Gary Jacobsen, a young boy, who caught the President's eye and was motioned to "come up to the car." (See 70-129 thru 132.) From: Gary Jacobsen.

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.