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President Harry S. Truman (right) speaks with three unidentified men on the back of a train car during a campaign tour in California.

President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) speaks to a crowd from the back of a train car during a campaign stop in California. James Roosevelt is on the far right of the platform. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (behind podium) shakes hands with an unidentified man while on the back of a train car during a campaign tour in California. All others are unidentified.

Vice-Chancellor Adolf Scharf of Austria in Proviso, Illinois visiting the control tower of the railroad marshalling yard of the Chicago & North Western Railroad Company. From: Album, "Visit of His Excellency Dr. Adolf Schaerf, Vice-Chancellor of Austria to the United States of America, March 1 to March 21, 1952."

Kansas City, MO. Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman boarded a train last night for Chicago where tonight he addresses a $100-a-plate Democratic party dinner. Following that, the Truman's plan a visit to New York with their daughter, the former Margaret Truman, and her family. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman standing in front of the Presidential train at Omaha, Nebraska with First Lady Bess Truman (right) and Margaret Truman (left). The tour is to continue westward across the nation. From: Houston Post.

Greeting an old friend, President Harry S. Truman shakes hands with former Senator Samuel D. Jackson (left), Chairman of the 1944 Democratic Convention. They are in Indianapolis, Indiana. From: Houston Post.

At an unusual news conference aboard his campaign train today, President Harry S. Truman announces a slight easing of world tension and a defense budget for next year. The conference was held just before the train pulled into the Capital. Same as 70-535, but better print. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Bess Truman, and daughter Margaret (left) wave from the back platform of their train tonight just before leaving for Philadelphia. Mr. Truman and his party will drive direct from the station there to Convention Hall. Same as 68-1949, only this is a better print. From: Houston Post.

President Harry S. Truman holds a newspaper containing a story of General Eisenhower's refusal to accept Democratic urge that he take the party's Presidential nomination, and issued a terse "no comment" as he stood on the observation platform of his private car this morning. President Truman stopped here in Cincinnati, Ohio for 30 minutes enroute to Washington from Bolivar, Missouri, where he dedicated a monument. From: Houston Post.