Presidential campaign, 1948

Return of President Harry S. Truman and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley to Washington, D.C. after the Presidential election. Seated in back, left to right: President Truman, J. Howard McGrath, and Vice President-elect Barkley. Seated in front, left to right: Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt (daughter of Alben Barkley).

Return of President Harry S. Truman from whistlestop tour during Presidential campaign. President Truman is seated on left in back. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (back seat, left) in the back of an automobile, upon his return to Washington, D.C. from a campaign trip. Others in the car are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right) returns from a whistlestop tour during the presidential campaign. He is joined by his wife, First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (third from the right), daughter Margaret (second from the right), and two unidentified men. They are at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

The Santa Fe train that took President Harry S. Truman from Los Angeles to Kansas City during his West Coast campaign trip, June 3-18, 1948. From the album "President Truman's trip to the West Coast of the U. S."

Crowds of people at the train station in Sacramento, California to see President Harry S. Truman during his West Coast campaign trip, June 3-18, 1948. From the album "President Truman's trip to the West Coast of the U. S."

President Truman is on his way to Bolivar, Missouri with the President of Venezuela to dedicate a statue of Simon Bolivar. This is from a Truman Library Collection 1948-1950 scrapbook.

Return of President Harry S. Truman (back of car, left) and Vice President-elect Alben Barkley (back of car, right) to Washington, D. C. after the Presidential election. Between them is Senator J. Howard McGrath. Bess Truman, Margaret Truman and Mrs. Marian Barkley Truitt, Senator Barkley's daughter, are seated in front of them. Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of the presidential train, speaking to a crowd, in Parkersburg, West Virginia. President Truman was on a trip to Bolivar, Missouri, where he dedicated a statue to Simon Bolivar on July 5, 1948. The train passed through Parkersburg on July 4 and July 6.

Crowd gathers around the train of President Harry S. Truman in Bolivar, Missouri. Truman and President Romulo Gallegos of Venezuela were in Bolivar for the dedication of a statue of Simon Bolivar.