Presidential campaign, 1948

President Harry S. Truman addresses a Labor Day celebration in Detroit, Michigan. Photo numbers 63-1540-01, 63-1540-02, and 63-1540-03 are enlarged parts of this photo.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a Labor Day Celebration in Detroit, Michigan. This is the right third of photo 63-1540, which has been enlarged. Police men are standing along the front of the crowd of people, and signs and buildings can be seen in the background.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a Labor Day Celebration in Detroit, Michigan. This is the center third of photo 63-1540, which has been enlarged. Police men are standing along the front of the standing crowd, and seats for the guests and reporters are near the front of the grandstand.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a Labor Day Celebration in Detroit, Michigan. This is the left third of photo 63-1540, which has been enlarged. President Truman is standing at the podium, addressing the crowd, with numerous rows of people seating on the grandstand behind him. Reporters and others are seated at desks on the ground in front of the grandstand, and some police officers are standing just below President Truman.

President Harry S. Truman stands with members of his Cabinet before leaving for the Capitol to address a special session of Congress. From left to right are: Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan, Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder, Secretary of Defense James Forrestal, Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson, and Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug. This photo is from the album "The President and his Cabinet," from John W. Snyder.

This is a picture of signs welcoming President Harry S. Truman to Omaha, Nebraska. These are probably in the Hotel Fontenelle, where President Truman and members of his party spent the night.

View of automobile in motorcade going through the streets of Washington, D.C. after Harry S. Truman returned to the city following the 1948 presidential election. He and Vice-president elect Alben Barkley are sitting up on the back of the limousine and J. Howard McGrath is seated lower between them. Seated in front of them left to right are Mrs. Bess Truman, Margaret Truman, and Mrs. Max (Marion) Truitt, Alben Barkley's daughter. Secret service men are standing at the back of the car.

President Harry S. Truman debarking from plane, evidently after viewing flooding in Washington and Oregon during his western trip. Military guards are near.

President Harry S. Truman waves to the crowd as he rides in an open car in a parade in Seattle, Washington, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-706). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman speaks to a crowd gathered at the station from the rear platform of a train in Davis, California, part of his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-723) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.