Presidential campaign trips

President Harry S. Truman (second from left on platform) greets the crowd gathered to hear him speak from the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop in Roseville, California. The others on the platform are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

The rear platform of the train carrying President Harry S. Truman on a Whistlestop tour is shown empty, at a stop in Sacramento, California, waiting for the President to emerge from the train to speak to the crowd gathered to greet him. The Secret Service agent is unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

As the train carrying President Harry S. Truman leaves Sacramento, California, after making a Whistlestop, a very indistinct figure of the President waves to the crowd from the rear platform. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From left to right, Harold T. Johnson, Mayor of Roseville, California, President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman on the rear platform of a train leaving for San Francisco after making a Whistlestop at Sacramento, California. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

On the 1948 presidential campaign trail, President Harry S. Truman (second from right) makes an appearance on the speaker's platform with his supporters in "The Bronx", New York City. The identities of the others and the exact location are unknown. From: Jerome H. Spingarn.

On the 1948 presidential campaign trail, President Harry S. Truman (left) makes an appearance on the speakers' platform with his supporters in "The Bronx", New York City. The identities of the others and the exact location are unknown. From: Jerome H. Spingarn.

President Harry S. Truman, campaigning for the Democratic ticket in New Britain, Connecticut, sits at a piano in front of City Hall and plays for the thousands who turned out to see him. Margaret Truman is on the left. The others are unidentified. (See 70-482.) From: Charles McCormick.

President Harry S. Truman stands behind the speaker on the rear platform of a train during a 1948 campaign stop in New Mexico. Of those who can be identified are Margaret Truman and General Harry Vaughan on the right behind Margaret. (See 64-828-1 thru 11.) From: Robert McKeal.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and an unidentified man are photographed on the rear platform of a train during a 1948 campaign stop in New Mexico. (See 64-828-1 thru 11.) From: Robert McKeal.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and daughter Margaret smile from the back seat of a car in Detroit, Michigan, during a whirlwind campaign tour in that state. The man on the right in the car is unidentified. On the back of the photo is written "To a great president." From: Gerry Kehoe.