Presidential campaign, 1948

Broadcast by radio station WDAN, President Harry S. Truman speaks from the rear platform of a train at a Whistlestop in Danville, Illinois, during his 1948 campaign for the presidency. (Original is in oversize drawer.) From: Truman Home.

President Harry S. Truman(third from right) at the National Plowing Match in Dexter, Iowa. He is with (from left to right) defending champions Gene Ferguson, Oskaloosa, Iowa; Leo Drake, Memphis, Missouri; Ronald Orr, Beatrice, Nebraska; Elston Danielson, Ellsworth, Iowa; and plowing match director Herb Plambeck.

From left to right: unidentified man, Housing and Home Finance Administrator Raymond M. Foley, George Field of the Federal Works Agency, President Harry S. Truman, Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug are visiting the site of Columbia River flooding in Van Port, Oregon. All others are unidentified. This visit took place during President Truman's western "non-political" trip.

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) addresses the visitors at the National Plowing Match held near Dexter, Iowa. Also present is Margaret Truman (standing on stage, third from right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Herb Plambeck, National Plowing Match Director at the National Plowing Match in Dexter, Iowa. Others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Herb Plambeck (right), Radio Station WHO farm editor and director of the National Plowing Match, attending the National Plowing Match near Dexter, Iowa. The photo is autographed "Herb Plambeck - Iowa" just above Mr. Plambeck's head. All others in the background are unidentified.

A photo of the outside of the Truman- Barkley Absentee Voters Bureau Democratic Campaign Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

At St. Louis Union Station, postmaster Bernard Dickmann (left) stands next to newly elected President Harry S. Truman as Mr. Truman holds up the famous Chicago Tribune newspaper headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." Man in background is unidentified. From: Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (left) speaks from the rear platform of a train at an unknown stop during his trip to the West Coast. The man on the right is General Harry Vaughan. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd gathers at the Jefferson City, Missouri train station waiting to see President Harry S. Truman as he returns from a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.