Presidential trips

The two-man engine crew in the locomotive car of Santa Fe Train No. 26 which carried President Harry S. Truman on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 59-310) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd lines up to see President Harry S. Truman (not shown) as a band plays in his honor in Ephrata, Washington, 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.

The Santa Fe train, No. 26, that carried President Harry S. Truman from Los Angeles, California, to Kansas City, Missouri, during his presidential campaign trip to the west coast. (Same as 66-758)

A group of eleven unidentified men dressed in suits are posing for a photo. The location, date and event are unknown, although the photo was probably taken during President Harry S. Truman's trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Crowd gathered in downtown Blackfoot, Idaho, waiting to see President Harry S. Truman as he makes a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-681). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A large crowd gathers on the ground to see President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of his train on the tracks above during a stop in St. Louis, Missouri. He is returning to Washington, D. C. from a trip to the West Coast. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Reporters and others gather behind President Harry S. Truman's train at the Independence, Missouri railroad station, where the President will leave for Washington on the last leg of his trip to the West Coast. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (on rear platform, third from right) and others stand on the rear platform of a train and greet a crowd gathered at a railroad station in an unidentified eastern Missouri city. President Truman is headed back to Washington after a trip to the West Coast. Also present is Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly (on platform, right). All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman greets the crowd gathered at the Jefferson City, Missouri railroad station, a stop on the return from his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. Others on the rear platform are unidentified. (See also 2012-335.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat from the rear platform of a train in Chicago, IL, during a trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.