Presidential campaign, 1948

President Harry S. Truman holds up one of the shoes of two pairs presented to him at Brockton, Massachusetts, just before he made his speech on arrival there. Brockton is famous for its production of shoes. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman inspects Marines in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania today during one of his whistlestops in the vicinity. From: Houston Post.

July 1, 1948. With President Harry S. Truman's announcement today that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be acceptable to him as a vice-presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket in November, and his prediction of his own nomination for the presidency on the first ballot at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia two weeks hence; the pictured duo - President Truman and Mrs. Roosevelt - may well be the Democratic slate in November. Photo of President Truman and Mrs. Roosevelt was taken 2/27/46 when Mrs.

President Harry S. Truman holds a newspaper containing a story of General Eisenhower's refusal to accept Democratic urge that he take the party's Presidential nomination, and issued a terse "no comment" as he stood on the observation platform of his private car this morning. President Truman stopped here in Cincinnati, Ohio for 30 minutes enroute to Washington from Bolivar, Missouri, where he dedicated a monument. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (right) waves from the rear platform of his special train as he leaves Washington, D. C. this morning for a swing through Maryland and Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York for a series of campaign appearances. Mrs. Bess Truman stands beside him. Same as 69-445, but without tough-up marks. However, this photo does have a mark on Mrs. Truman's face that is not in 69-445. From: Houston Post.

While his train rolls through California today, President Harry S. Truman writes the speech he will deliver tonight in Los Angeles. He is seated at the dining table in his private car. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman (left), Democratic candidate to succeed himself, listens to Alben W. Barkley, Democratic Senator from Kentucky and Vice-Presidential candidate, as they sit in the President's White House office today at a meeting of the Truman-Barkley Club. (See also 92-89 and 97-1539.) From Houston Post.

A fancy maroon necktie was presented to President Harry S. Truman by three Denver junior high school students during President Truman's visit to Denver today. Then they vanished in the crowd before a photographer could get their picture. The trio -- Robert Stark, 14; his sister Shirley, 12; and Bessie Chance, 14 -- told a reporter they bought the tie this morning. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman speaking in Cadillac Square in Detroit, Michigan on Labor Day. Distance view, Truman from back, crowd shot. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman carried his presidential campaign to the Illinois State Capitol when he spoke in Springfield Monday. The Chief Executive is pictured as he placed a floral wreath on the tomb of Abraham Lincoln at the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. From: Houston Post.