Presidents

President Harry S. Truman and other members of the presidential party on Navy Day in New York Harbor viewing the USS Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with Herb Plambeck, National Plowing Match Director at the National Plowing Match in Dexter, Iowa. Others in the background are unidentified. From the Campaign Scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

Dignitaries gather at the stage for President Harry S. Truman's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. From left to right are First Lady Bess Truman, President Truman, Marian Barkley Truitt, Senator Alben Barkley, and Representative Sam Rayburn. This is a photo taken of a television screen. All others are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (left), First Lady Bess W. Truman (second from left), and Margaret Truman (behind Mr. Truman, partly obscured) are walking through a building, past a line of well-wishers, during a campaign stop in Denver, Colorado. All others are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman and family wave to supporters from the rear of the presidential train in Des Moines, Iowa during the 1948 presidential campaign. From left to right are: Iowa Governor Robert D. Blue, Democratic candidate for Iowa Governor Carrol Switzer, President Harry S. Truman, First Lady Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman. Others in the background are unidentified. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman is conferring with Iowa Democrats aboard the presidential campaign train in route to Dexter, Iowa. Seated from left to right, are: Colonel B. J. Palmer, President Harry S. Truman, and Hugh Harrison. Back row, from left to right: Guy Gillette, Jim France, Carroll Switzer, Ralph Evans. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman takes the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Standing next to him is Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Alben Barkley. Visible behind Mr. Barkley is First Lady Bess W. Truman. All others are unidentified. This is a photo taken of a television screen. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is shaking hands with the winners of the National Plowing Contest in Dexter, Iowa. On the left is defending champion Ronald H. Orr of Beatrice, Nebraska, and on the right is new champion Charles G. Long of Bethany, Missouri. Others in the background are unidentified. Mr. Truman stopped in Dexter as part of his presidential "whistlestop" campaign. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (center) is standing on the rear platform of the Presidential Rail Car with Margaret Truman (right) and Kentucky Senator Alben Barkley (left) as Truman leaves to begin the first leg of his 1948 presidential campaign "whistlestop" tour. From the campaign scrapbook of Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman (far left), Admiral Jonas H. Ingram (second from left), and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (third from left) read a plaque aboard the USS Missouri marking where the signing of the surrender of Japan took place. Truman was on board the USS Missouri during Navy Day celebrations in New York City, New York. Others in the background are unidentified.