Presidential campaign trips

President Harry S. Truman flips a fake power switch for the Hungry Horse dam in Kalispell, Montana. President Truman made a public address there while on a campaign trip through the western United States. Also pictured: Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (center). Man on right is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) and others tour the Hungry Horse Dam outside Kalispell, Montana. Also pictured: C. H. Spencer, Hungry Horse Dam construction engineer (third from left); Ohio Congressman Michael J. Kirwan (foreground, right); and Montana Congressman Mike Mansfield (behind Congressman Kirwan). All others unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) gives a public address from the rear platform of his train during a stop in Columbia Falls, Montana while on a campaign trip through the western United States. Congressman Mike Mansfield is pictured in center. Man at right is unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Congressman Mike Mansfield on the rear platform of the President's train after it arrived in Columbia Falls, Montana. President Truman was on a railroad campaign trip through the western United States.

Left to right: C. H. Spencer, Hungry Horse Dam construction engineer; Margaret Truman; President Harry S. Truman; and Congressman Mike Mansfield at the Hungry Horse Dam project outside Kalispell, Montana during a stop on President Truman's Western campaign trip.

Left to right: C. H. Spencer, Hungry Horse Dam construction engineer; President Harry S. Truman; and Ohio Congressman Michael J. Kirwan tour the Hungry Horse Dam outside Kalispell, Montana during a stop on President Truman's Western campaign trip. President Truman is holding a hard hat with a "hungry horse" mascot painted on the side and his name on the front.

A crowd of unidentified people gathers at the train depot in Columbia Falls, Montana to hear President Harry S. Truman speak during a stop on his campaign trip through the western United States. Pictured: President Truman (top right corner, underneath second from right window of train car).

President Harry S. Truman casts his line into a lake at Sun Valley, Idaho, and was critiqued by the manager of the main lodge and Joseph Burgy, Director of Sports and Recreation at Sun Valley (wearing white baseball cap). President Truman enjoyed a brief overnight stay during his Western presidential tour. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative. (see also, 2015-2169)

President Harry S. Truman casts his line into a lake a Sun Valley, Idaho, an was critiqued by two unidentified staff members of the main lodge, where he enjoyed a brief overnight stay during his Western presidential tour. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Front row from left to right, District Commissioner Guy Jason, First Lady Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, President Harry S. Truman. They are standing on the rear of a train at Union Station, Washington, D.C. having returned from a political campaigning trip.