Presidential trips

President Harry S. Truman speaks to a crowd from the rear platform of a train at Hammond or Gary, Indiana, a stop on his West Coast trip. (Same as 59-335.) Congressman Ray Madden of Indiana appears on the left. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman speaks to a crowd from the rear platform of a train at the Sidney, Nebraska train station, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the west coast. (Same as 66-666) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (not clearly visible) speaks to a crowd from the rear platform of a train in Sun Valley, Idaho, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and daughter Margaret Truman on the rear platform of a train in an unknown location in Idaho, a stop on the President's presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (See also 66-670.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (near center, back to camera) talks with local politicians from the back of a train during a presidential campaign stop near Butte, Montana. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The Engineer seated in the control car of the Santa Fe train carrying President Harry S. Truman from Los Angeles, California, to Kansas City, Missouri, on his presidential campaign trip to and from the West Coast. (Same as 98-1293). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Two members of the crew stand in front of the No. 26 Santa Fe train that carried President Harry S. Truman from Los Angeles to Kansas City, Missouri, on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 59-312). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman rides with an unidentified man in a motorcade in Butte, Montana, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-667). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman speaks to a crowd from the rear platform of a train as he makes a whistlestop at an unknown location on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

The engineer on Santa Fe Train No. 26 which carried President Harry S. Truman on the second leg of his presidential campaign trip from Los Angeles, California, to Kansas City, Missouri. (Same as 59-311). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.