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Campaign in Clinton, Massachusetts

Matthew Connelly, President Harry S. Truman's Appointment Secretary, reaches down into the crowd to shake hands with people from the back of the campaign train in Clinton, Massachusetts. He accompanied President Truman during his campaign stops for Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, volume 8.

Governor Thomas Dewey and a Donkey

Former Republican presidential candidate Governor Thomas Dewey (at microphone) is standing on the back of a train talking with some people. A donkey near the train wears a Republican campaign banner with Vice-Presidential candidate Earl Warren's face on it. Standing next to Mr. Dewey on the left is his wife, Frances Dewey. All others are unidentified. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

Tie Yard and Treating Plant of Chicago and North Western Railway

Tie yard and treating plant of Chicago and North Western Railway near Escanaba, Michigan. There are about two million ties in the yard. Photos 2009-3080-01 through 2009-3080-107 were originally mounted in a leather bound binder with the gold embossed title, "Picture Memories of Region Nine." Region Nine, based in Milwaukee, WI, covered twenty states in the Eastern Region: Maine, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, and New Jersey.