Presidential campaign, 1948

Truman and Barkley families in the motorcade upon their return to Washington, D. C. after winning the 1948 Presidential election. Front row, left to right: Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, Marian Barkley Truitt (daughter of Alben Barkley). Back row, left to right: President Harry S. Truman, J. Howard McGrath, and Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley.

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.

President Harry S. Truman and others in car arriving in Washington, D. C. after the 1948 election. Back, from left: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, Alben Barkley. Front, from left: Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt. Inscribed: "Good luck Mr. President! Yours very sincerely Steve Zweig, Washington, D. C., November 5, 1948" Same as 58-288.

The Truman family and Barkley family on the steps of the White House the day after the election. From left to right: Vice-President Alben Barkley, his daughter Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, Bess Wallace Truman, and President Harry S. Truman.

Political cartoon by Herb Block ("Herblock") entitled "Gracious--How Uncouth" regarding President Harry S. Truman's "Give 'Em Hell" campaign speeches. Cartoon also depicts Earl Warren and Thomas E. Dewey floating above in the clouds. Published September 23, 1948 by the Washington Post.

President Harry S. Truman holds up the Chicago Tribune newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" at the train station in St. Louis, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman and others arriving in Washington, D. C. Back, from left: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, Alben Barkley. Front, from left: Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Marian Barkley Truitt. Inscribed: "Good luck Mr. President! Yours very sincerely Steve Zweig, Washington, D. C., November 5, 1948" Same as 58-463-1.

President Harry S. Truman is met by Vice President-elect Alben Barkley after the 1948 Presidential election. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Station wagon with Truman-Barkley pictures on side from Democratic Boosters. Men are unidentified.

National Plowing Match and Soil Conservation Day at Dexter, Iowa. Photo is to commemorate President Harry S. Truman's famous agricultural campaign speech at Dexter. Original is oversize.