Presidential campaign, 1948

President Harry S. Truman waves to an audience from the rear platform of a train during a whistlestop on his presidential campaign trip to the west coast. Matthew Connelly is second from the right. The date and location are unknown. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Photo of a six-man train crew from one of President Harry S. Truman's whistlestop trains, taken on board in possibly a communications room. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman doffs his hat and waves from an open car in a motorcade in Kansas City, Missouri, during a campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-770 and 59-348) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman exhibits a document from the rear platform of a train to the crowd gathered to greet him as he makes a whistlestop at an unidentified location. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Cars outside of the First Baptist Church in Kearney, Nebraska, where President Harry S. Truman and Bess and Margaret Truman attended religious services. Kearney is a whistle stop on President Truman's presidential campaign to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd gathers across the tracks from President Harry S. Truman's train, awaiting his appearance as he makes a whistlestop in Kearney, Nebraska, during his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

One of the firemen sits in the cab of Santa Fe No. 26, the train that carried President Harry S. Truman to and from California on his trip to the West Coast. He is unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Three members of the train crew of Santa Fe No. 26 stand in front of the engine at a rail yard in Los Angeles, California. This is the train that carried President Harry S. Truman to and from the west coast on his trip. They are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (4th from right) and a group of unidentified men pose for a photo at the Jefferson City, Missouri train station, as the President returns from a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 59-373-1)

A crowd gathers at a railroad station in a small town in Idaho to hear President Harry S. Truman speak as he makes a Whistlestop during his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. President Truman is not pictured here. (Same as 66-671) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.