Presidential campaign trips

President Harry S. Truman (at microphone) addresses the crowd during a stop on his Whistlestop campaign in Sacramento, California. This photograph was taken from the crowd by Babe Goncalves.

President Harry S. Truman surveys the crowd from the rear of a train during a stop in Sacramento, California.

President Harry S. Truman greets the crowd from the rear of a train during a stop on the Whistlestop campaign in Sacramento, California. He is leaning down to shake hands with a member of the crowd. All others in the photo are unidentified.

Thomas E. Dewey on the rear of the "Dewey Victory Special" train during a stop in Davis, California. Taken from the crowd by Babe Goncalves.

From left to right, President Harry S. Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and Margaret Truman smile on the rear of a train during a stop on the Whistlestop campaign in Sacramento, California. The picture was taken from the audience by Babe Goncalves.

Margaret Truman on the rear of a train during a stop on the Whistlestop campaign of her father, President Harry S. Truman, in Sacramento, California. Picture taken from the crowd by Babe Goncalves.

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat while standing in a car in Brockton, Massachusetts. From left to right: State Representative J. F. Diniz, Maurice Tobin, President Harry S. Truman, unidentified man.

A group of African-American supporters meet with President Harry S. Truman in his private railroad car, the Ferdinand Magellan, after delivering a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. Left to right are: Charles Ross (Press Secretary), Anna Hedgeman (leader and chief strategist of the Citizens Committee to Reelect Truman), J. McKinley Neal (Missouri State Representative), Robert L. Sweeney (the first Black supervisor in the Kansas City, Missouri Post Office), Lewis W. Clymer, and President Truman. (Same as 78-741 and 2006-7. 2006-7 is autographed.)

President Harry S. Truman (left), on the campaign trail, speaks from the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop in Georgetown, Texas. On the right is Homer Thornberry, Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives. (See 74-836.) From: Billy Coe Dyer.

From the back seat of a convertible, President Harry S. Truman, hat in hand, waves to the crowd gathered to greet him on the football field at Shasta College, Redding, California. President Truman was on a Western trip at that time campaigning for Adlai Stevenson. Donor: Stella Dillenbeck.