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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.

President Harry S. Truman (right) waves from the rear platform of his special train as he leaves Washington, D. C. this morning for a swing through Maryland and Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York for a series of campaign appearances. Mrs. Bess Truman stands beside him. Same as 69-445, but without tough-up marks. However, this photo does have a mark on Mrs. Truman's face that is not in 69-445. From: Houston Post.

While his train rolls through California today, President Harry S. Truman writes the speech he will deliver tonight in Los Angeles. He is seated at the dining table in his private car. From: Houston Post.

Enroute to Bonham, Texas on President Harry S. Truman's special train, President Truman (left) talks with Walter Bedell Smith, Russian Ambassador, after Smith boarded the train in Dallas. From: Houston Post.

Among several men, President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) speaks from the back of a campaign train in Iowa City, Iowa. Also on the train platform with President Truman is Guy Gillette, candidate for Senator (second from right). All others are unidentified. Taken from the campaign scrapbook of HST.