Presidential campaign, 1948

A crowd, hands raised in greeting, surrounds the rear platform of the train carrying President Harry S. Truman on a whistlestop campaign tour as it makes a stop in Roseville, California. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

President Harry S. Truman (second from left on platform) greets the crowd gathered to hear him speak from the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop in Roseville, California. The others on the platform are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

The rear platform of the train carrying President Harry S. Truman on a Whistlestop tour is shown empty, at a stop in Sacramento, California, waiting for the President to emerge from the train to speak to the crowd gathered to greet him. The Secret Service agent is unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

As the train carrying President Harry S. Truman leaves Sacramento, California, after making a Whistlestop, a very indistinct figure of the President waves to the crowd from the rear platform. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From left to right, Harold T. Johnson, Mayor of Roseville, California, President Harry S. Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman on the rear platform of a train leaving for San Francisco after making a Whistlestop at Sacramento, California. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

First Lady Bess Truman (center), standing next to President Harry S. Truman (left), waves to the crowd from the rear platform of a train during a 1948 campaign Whistlestop in Broken Bow, Nebraska. On her left is a local resident, Jim Kelly. From: Mrs. Ed Pelanowski.

A crowd of supporters looks toward a train (not visible) where President Harry S. Truman is giving a campaign speech at a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky. From: James F. Rourke.

A crowd of spectators look toward a train (not visible) where President Harry S. Truman is giving a campaign speech during a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky. From: James F. Rourke.

From the back of a train, President Harry S. Truman delivers a campaign speech to a crowd of people gathered to hear him at a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky. From: James F. Rourke.

President Harry S. Truman delivers a campaign speech from the back of a train to a crowd of supporters gathered to hear him at a whistlestop in Lexington, Missouri. From: James F. Rourke.