Presidential campaign, 1952

President Harry S. Truman, wearing a tuxedo, gestures as he speaks from the lectern during the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner hosted by the Democratic National Committee at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. After going through the record of Democrats in office for the previous 20 years, Truman surprised the crowd with his announcement that he would not seek his party's nomination for re-election. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, wearing a tuxedo, speaks from the lectern during the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner hosted by the Democratic National Committee at the National Guard Armory in Washington, D.C. After going through the record of Democrats in office for the previous 20 years, Truman surprised the crowd with his announcement that he would not seek his party's nomination for re-election. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman appears in an open-top limousine during a motorcade in Taunton, Massachusetts. Riding with him in the car are Massachusetts Governor Paul Dever, and Congressman John F. Kennedy. Truman was in Massachusetts to campaign for Adlai Stevenson for president.

President Harry S. Truman meets with Native Americans on the rear platform of his train while on a Whistlestop tour in support of Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign. He smokes a peace pipe with Assiniboine Chief First to Fly (shown at right with horned ceremonial head gear) in Glasgow, Montana. Two years earlier, President Truman had been made "Chief Bear Soldier" by the Assiniboine (Hohe Nakota) people. The other two Native Americans are unidentified. Donor: New York Herald Tribune.

President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman appear on the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop appearance in Fargo, North Dakota.