Presidential campaign, 1952

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by John Collins for the Montreal Gazette, originally published on April 2, 1952. It depicts President Harry S. Truman walking away from a piano labeled "White House piano" and carrying "The Presidency March." A donkey and Uncle Sam are peering around the opening of a doorway at Truman.

This is a photograph of a political cartoon by Burges Green of the Providence Journal that originally appeared on February 15, 1952. It depicts people exiting the White House with different conclusions as to whether or not President Harry S. Truman will run for office.

President Harry S. Truman turns his head for a word with his daughter, Margaret, tonight at a dinner here preceding his address to the Labor League for Political Education (AFL). Truman accused Dwight D. Eisenhower, in effect, of posing as a superman, promising quick, easy solutions to Korea and other problems. They are at the Sherman Hotel in Chicago. From: Houston Post.

Kansas City, Missouri. President Harry S. Truman, beaming with the confidence of a Democratic victory in tomorrow's general election, jokes with newsmen as he poses before a battery of microphones today prior to making a television report on his 18,000 mile campaign for the election of the Democratic ticket. The short TV film will be used tonight in an election eve bid for Democratic victory. From: Houston Post.

Independence, Mo. President Harry S. Truman holds his ballot in hand as he waits for his wife, Bess, to get her ballot from the clerk as they go to the polls to vote here today. The President and his wife cast their vote in the seventh precinct of Blue Township. Clerk is unidentified. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a crowd from the back of his train. He is in Wilmington, Delaware, campaigning for Adlai Stevenson. He told the crowd:" if the Republicans ever get the authority they will start backing down on our program of international cooperation and that is why it is essential that Adlai Stevenson be elected President." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman addresses a crowd of 12,000 jamming Roosevelt Plaza, in Camden, New Jersey. He continued his whistlestop tour of New Jersey and Pennsylvania on behalf of Democratic Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson. The President continued to attack the Republicans for it's charges against his administration. This is a distance view of the crowd, with President Truman visible on the right side of the photo.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Margaret Truman smile from behind a bouquet of roses during the President's whistlestop tour in Newark, New Jersey. The President has had his daughter by his side as he campaigns for Adlai Stevenson.

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman are in a car returning from a whistlestop tour of four east-central states. They are outside Union Station in Washington, D. C. They were met by about 2,000 people. The President said: "I'm always happy to go to a party, particularly when it's for me." He drew applause when he said that "once in a while I've polished a little brass but sometimes it needs polishing." From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman speaks with former Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan. The President inspected the submarine Squalus at the Portsmouth Navy Yard today. The Squalus sank May 23rd, 1939, due to a mechanical failure; 23 crew members perished. She was raised and served against Japan, renamed as the Sailfish. The superstructure was kept after the war to serve as a memorial for the men lost. President Truman is in Kittery, Maine on behalf of the Stevenson campaign.