Presidential campaign trips

A crowd gathers to greet President Harry S. Truman (standing near doorway) during his visit to the Washington Rehabilitation Center in Seattle, Washington.

Harry S. Truman views the damage of the floods on his western trip to Washington. This is an aerial view of the flood.

Harry S. Truman views the damage of the floods on his western trip to Washington. This is an aerial view of the flood.

President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech from the back of a train car in Galesburg, Illinois as part of a whistlestop campaign.

Distance view of President Harry S. Truman speaking to a large assembly in Chicago.

President Harry S. Truman speaking from a train on the campaign trail in 1948

President Harry S. Truman (right) returned to Union Station in Washington, D.C. after a trip for his Whistlestop Campaign Tour of 1948. He was joined by Margaret Truman (second from right) and Bess Truman (foreground, third from right) as well as other members of his staff. Others are unidentified.

The Santa Fe train that took President Harry S. Truman from Los Angeles to Kansas City during his West Coast campaign trip, June 3-18, 1948. From the album "President Truman's trip to the West Coast of the U. S."

Photograph of the return of President Harry S. Truman to Washington, D.C. from his campaign tour, at Union Station. This is from original slide; SL2375 through 2378. Internegatives were made. The slides were originally sent by Lige Stewart of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mr. Stewart requests that he be credited if the pictures are used.

President Harry S. Truman (seated on the back of the car) rides in a motorcade during a campaign stop in Seattle, Washington. Also present, seated in the seat, is William F. Devin, Mayor of Seattle (center). All others are unidentified.