Presidential elections

President Harry S. Truman (left, in back seat), Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (right, in back seat), First Lady Bess W. Truman (left, in front seat), and Margaret Truman (right, in front seat) sitting in an open car in the Washington, D.C. train station. Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath is in the middle in the back seat. Truman and Barkley had just returned to Washington after their victory in the 1948 election.

President Harry S. Truman (third from right) and Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (fourth from right) greet two unidentified men on the rear platform of the presidential train. Truman and Barkley had just returned to Union Station in Washington, D.C. after their victory in the 1948 election.

President Harry S. Truman (left) and Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (right) in the Washington, D.C. train station, sitting on the back of an open vehicle, waving their hats to the crowd. Truman and Barkley had just returned to Washington after winning the 1948 election.

Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (second from left) standing with several unidentified people. Barkley had just returned to Washington, D.C. with President Harry S. Truman after their victory in the 1948 election.

Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley (left) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal (right), with others looking on. President Truman and Vice President-elect Barkley had just returned to Washington after winning the election of 1948.

From left to right, Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley, Marian Barkley Truitt, Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and President Harry S. Truman, posing together on the front porch of the White House, with other dignitaries standing behind them. President Truman and Vice President-elect Barkley had just returned to Washington, D.C. after winning the election of 1948. Standing behind Mr. Barkley and Ms. Truitt, partly obscured, are Admiral William D. Leahy and General Harry Vaughan. Standing behind President Truman, partly obscured, is Captain Robert Dennison.

President Harry S. Truman (far right) on the rear platform of the presidential train, speaking to two unidentified men. Truman had just returned to Washington, D.C., after having won election to a second term in 1948.

President Harry S. Truman displaying the Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman". This event happened in St. Louis, Missouri, at the train station. Traveling with the President, Byron Rollins of the Associated Press lumbered to the back of the train, shot two pictures, unloaded them with an AP stringer, lumbered back to his car, and hit his berth with absolutely no thought of anything special except his first sleep in 20 hours.

President Harry S. Truman (waving hat) and Vice-President Alben Barkley ride in the car during a motorcade during arrival in Washington, D. C. after winning the election. Seated between them is Democratic National Committee Chairman J. Howard McGrath. All others are unidentified. From: Charles Ross Papers, 12x18 Metal Album.

1948 Election Day banquet given by Mayor Roger T. Sermon and held at Rockwood Country Club in Independence, Missouri.