From the rear platform of his campaign train, President Harry S. Truman holds out a paddle with the inscription, "For Use On Republicans Only!" The paddle was a gift for the president during his campaign stop in Akron, Ohio.
From left to right in backseat of car, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice President-elect Harry S. Truman, and Vice President Henry A. Wallace seated before a bank of microphones in an open car at Union Station in Washington, D.C., a few days after the election. All others unidentified.
This home movie shows a brief clip of President Harry S. Truman visiting Visalia, California on his whistle stop train tour during the 1948 presidential campaign. The remainder of the footage shows unrelated footage of the family of Glenn Sheets and Betty Sheets.
President Harry S. Truman's address at the dedication of the presidential lounge for the use of service men and women at Union Station in Washington, DC. The President spoke at 4:10 p.m. In his opening words he referred to A. Marvin Braverman, local board member of the National Travelers Aid Association, and General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Later he referred to Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, Military Aide to the President, and Sgt. Irving D.
President Harry S. Truman and his daughter, Margaret Truman, at the railroad station in Independence, Missouri with a group of newsmen gathered at the Presidential train. The President is seen on the rear of the train with Margaret just behind him. The president arrived home to vote after an 18,000 mile whistlestop tour through 27 states for the Stevenson-Sparkman campaign.