Presidential campaign, 1948

President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) shakes hands with an unidentified man while on the back of a train car during a campaign tour in California. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) receives a sombrero from Ramon Galinde (second from left), President of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, while in San Antonio, Texas. Also present are Fred Palmer, San Antonio Chief of Police (left), Woodville Rogers (third from left), and Governor Beauford Jester of Texas (right).

President Harry S. Truman (left, seated in car), Margaret Truman (center, seated in car), and First Lady Bess Truman (right, seated in car) prepare to leave the First Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas by car, after attending services. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Ramon Galinde (left), President of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce, presents President Harry S. Truman (right) with a sombrero while in San Antonio, Texas. The man in the background is unidentified.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Jim Berryman in the Washington Evening Star. It depicts President Harry S. Truman, with his hat and coat off laying on the ground. He is saying "Out of my way, mister....let me at 'im!" He is pushing Thomas Dewey out of the way in order to get at a man labeled "80th Congress." This cartoon was originally published in July 1948.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Karl Kae Knecht of the Evansville Courier, originally published on November 3, 1948. It depicts Uncle Sam as he reaches to shake the hand of President Harry S. Truman, portrayed as a jockey riding a donkey, as he defeats Thomas Dewey, who is falling off of his elephant. Leg bandages indicate the donkey has been injured by the "Wallace Vote" and the "Thurmond Vote," and men who have placed bets stand angered and confused along the track.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon. President Harry S. Truman and Governor Thomas Dewey race around a running track with the finish line in sight. The caption reads, "Mr. Thomas E. Dewey is reported to be a 15 to 1 favourite for the United States Presidency. Trier Truman: 'Favourites can lose you know, Tom.'"

This is a photo of a political cartoon by Herbert Block (Herblock) for the Washington Post, originally published in July 1948. President Harry S. Truman is depicted dragging an elephant away from Philadelphia, toward the Capitol Building, as a radio announcer runs alongside.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Karl Kae Knecht of the Evansville Courier, originally published on February 27, 1948. President Harry S. Truman stands at a piano with sheet music entitled "I'm MILD about you Harry" with "Words and Music by Southern Democrats" on the music stand.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon, "Now the Man's Acquired a Horse," by Bruce Russell of the Los Angeles Times, originally published in 1948. In the upper right corner, it depicts a copy of a 1946 cartoon by Russell, showing President Harry S. Truman sitting on a saddle, with an invisible horse under the saddle. The main part of the drawing shows President Truman confidently sitting in a saddle, riding a donkey labeled "Dem. Congress."