Presidential campaign, 1944

President Franklin D. Roosevelt greeting the crowd by waving his hat at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Roosevelt gave a campaign speech that evening. All others unidentified.

Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Harry S. Truman (left) sits down for lunch with President Franklin D. Roosevelt beneath a magnolia tree on the White House lawn.

Mrs. Fred D. Wright (center, 1st row) and eight unidentified others pose in front of posters of Harry S. Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt in what is probably a campaign office. From: Fred D. Wright.

View of a rocky outcropping looking down into a steep valley at the foothills of the Rockies in Colorado taken from President Harry S. Truman's train during his 1948 western trip. From: Sgt. Howard (Bud) Williams.

Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate Harry S. Truman (left) and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (right) at a luncheon on the White House lawn prior to the election. From: The Pictorial Biography of Harry S. Truman by John de Murinelly Cirne Crane.

Senator Harry S. Truman attending the Missouri Democratic State Convention.

An unidentified man in a car with a sign in the back window, which states, "Be Human, Vote for Roosevelt and Truman."

This is a signed photograph of Senator Samuel Jackson (left side) holding Senator Harry S. Truman's (right side) hand high after Mr. Truman was chosen as Vice-President at the Chicago Convention. The photo is autographed by Truman: "Best wishes to the greatest chairman the Democrats ever had, from Harry S Truman, U.S.S. Missouri." Original photo has been transferred to the museum collection.

A photograph of a Thomas E. Dewey sign used during his presidential campaign against President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The sign says "Vote for Dewey and do What Hoover Did", and shows a woman and child standing next to a garbage can.