Presidential campaign trips

President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) speaks to a crowd from the back of a train car during a campaign stop in California. James Roosevelt is on the far right of the platform. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) speaks with former Vice President John Nance Garner (right) and Governor Beauford Jester of Texas (left) while in Kingsville, Texas.

President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) shakes hands with an unidentified man while on the back of a train car during a campaign tour in California. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) receives a sombrero from Ramon Galinde (second from left), President of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, while in San Antonio, Texas. Also present are Fred Palmer, San Antonio Chief of Police (left), Woodville Rogers (third from left), and Governor Beauford Jester of Texas (right).

President Harry S. Truman (left, seated in car), Margaret Truman (center, seated in car), and First Lady Bess Truman (right, seated in car) prepare to leave the First Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas by car, after attending services. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Ramon Galinde (left), President of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, presents President Harry S. Truman (right) with a sombrero while in San Antonio, Texas. The man in the background is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman addresses an estimated crowd of 75,000 people in Dexter, Iowa during an appearance at the National Plowing Match as part of the 1948 presidential campaign. All others are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman addresses the assembled crowd from the back of the presidential train during a campaign stop in Iowa. All others on the back of the train and in the crowd are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Five-year-old Kathleen Meldrem presents an ear of corn to President Harry S. Truman while he was en route to Dexter, Iowa during the 1948 presidential campaign. from the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (right) walks through a doorway with Colorado Governor William L. Knous (second from right) during a campaign stop in Denver, Colorado. All others are unidentified. From the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.