Presidential campaign, 1952

Snapshot of the California Sierras, taken from a train when President Harry S. Truman was on a west coast whistlestop tour in September and October, 1952, to campaign for Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. From: Richard Cull, Jr.

Snapshot of the California Sierras, taken from the train when President Harry S. Truman was on a west coast whistlestop tour in September and October, 1952, to campaign for Stevenson and Sparkman. From: Richard Cull, Jr.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman (far distant right) campaigning for Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman from the back of a train in Grand Junction, Colorado, during his whistlestop tour of the far west. Stevenson is running for President. From: Richard Cull, Jr.

Snapshot of crowd gathering to meet President Harry S. Truman's train in Wenatchee, Washington, during his whistlestop tour for Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. From: Richard Cull.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman addressing a crowd in Iowa from the back of a train during a 1952 Whistlestop campaign tour. The sign on the train reads "Vote for Stevenson and Sparkman." He is accompanied by his daughter, Margaret Truman (right). In Iowa, as elsewhere on the coast to coast whistlestop tour, the routine was the same: Truman would come to the mike, say a few words, accept the cheers and "give 'em hell, Harry" shouts, and then say, "Now I want you to say hello to my greatest asset, my daughter Margaret." Margaret would step out of the body of car onto the platform.

President Harry S. Truman rides with two Democratic candidates, Stuart Symington (center) and Phil Donnelly (right), on the way from Union Station to the Park Plaza Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri. President Truman holds two apples in his hand.

On a Whistlestop tour in his campaign for the election of Gov. Adlai Stevenson to the presidency, President Harry S. Truman (left) arrives in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, to speak at the local high school. The Secret Service agent accompanying him is unidentified. The photo is signed by "Harry S. Truman." (See 93-50-2.)

Band on the steps of a building leading to the speakers' stand during Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit to Columbia, South Carolina. Sent to President Harry S. Truman by Clyde Rish of Cayce, South Carolina.

General view of the speaker's stand during Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower's visit to Columbia, South Carolina. Sent to President Harry S. Truman by Clyde Rish of Cayce, South Carolina.

General view of the speaker's stand during Republican presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower's visit to Columbia, South Carolina. Sent to President Harry S. Truman by Clyde Rish of Cayce, South Carolina.