Presidential campaign trips

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Mayor Dan Ponder of El Paso, Texas, smile during a campaign tour stop in the city. The photo is autographed by Mr. Ponder. All others in the background are unidentified.

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 (foreground, third from left) and Governor Beauford Jester (foreground, second from left) remove their hats during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. Also present in the background is Congressman Lyndon Johnson (background, left, partly obscured). All others are unidentified.

Margaret Truman stands as President Harry S. Truman (front row, third from right) applauds during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. Also present is Congressman Sam Rayburn (front row, second from right). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman removes his hat, placing it over his heart, during a campaign tour in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right: unidentified man, Governor Beauford Jester, Creekmore Fath (balding, with bow tie), Congressman Lyndon Johnson (partly obscured), unidentified man (mostly obscured), and President Harry S. Truman. All others in the background are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (front seat, center) rides in an automobile with other unidentified ladies at a campaign stop in Fort Worth, Texas. The man behind the wheel and all others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) greets Raymond South, San Antonio Commissioner of Fire and Police (second from right) after receiving a sombrero from Ramon Galinde, President of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce (third from left) while in San Antonio, Texas. Also present are Fred Palmer, San Antonio Chief of Police (left), Congressman Sam Rayburn (third from right), and Governor Beauford Jester of Texas (right). Others are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (second from right) stands with several unidentified men and two unidentified young girls in Girl Scout uniforms on the back of a train car during a campaign stop in California.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, at right) speaks with an unidentified man holding a Stetson hat box during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. Governor Beauford Jester of Texas is seated at left, and First Lady Bess Truman is seated in the second row at far right. All others are unidentified.

Texas Governor Beauford Jester, Forth Worth Star-Telegram publisher Amon Carter, and Congressman Sam Rayburn sit in the front row during a campaign event for President Harry S. Truman outside T&P Station in Fort Worth, Texas. Seated in the second row are Edith Deen, Mabel Buchanan Jester, Margaret Truman, and Minnie Meacham Carter.