Presidential campaign, 1952

President Harry S. Truman (standing next to microphone) prepares to leave the speaker's platform after addressing a crowd assembled during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman is standing in front of President Truman. None of the others are identified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, right) receives a standing ovation from those political dignitaries sitting on the platform and from the crowd after a speech made during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman is on the left, standing just behind the man shaking hands with President Truman. Others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman stands at the podium and addresses the crowd assembled during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Others in the photo are unidentified.

Margaret Truman (seated, in foreground), listens while her father, President Harry S. Truman, gives a campaign speech in Middletown, Connecticut. The right half of President Truman's body can be seen on the extreme right of the photo. The others in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (at microphone) addresses a crowd gathered during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman is seated on his right. None of the others are identified.

President Harry S. Truman, standing at the microphone, addresses the crowd assembled during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman his seated on his right. None of the others are identified.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, second from right) awaits his turn to address the crowd during a campaign stop in Middletown, Connecticut. Margaret Truman is on the speaker's right. Neither the speaker nor any of the others can be identified.

President Harry S. Truman, Chicago Mayor Martin H. Kennelly (center), and Frank McKinney (right), Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, are shown in the back seat of an automobile. The President, having just arrived at Midway Airport, was in Chicago to attend the 1952 Democratic National Convention. Shaking hands with the President is Gary Jacobsen, a young boy, who caught the President's eye and was motioned to "come up to the car." (See 70-129 thru 132.) From: Gary Jacobsen.

President Harry S. Truman smiles from the rear platform of a train at a stop in Oroville, California, during a 1952 campaign trip for the Democratic ticket. The other man is unidentified. (Original negative included.) From: Albert Camargo.