Railroads

Barely visible on the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd at an unidentified location, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the west coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman stands on the steps of the rear platform of a train greeting the gathering crowd of supporters as he returns to Washington from his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. The location is unknown. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman speaks to a crowd at Gallup, New Mexico, from the rear platform of a train, as he makes a stop on his return from his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (See also 66-671.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman, on his return from a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast, makes a train stop in Newton, Kansas, to speak to the gathering crowd. (See also 66-766) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Margaret Truman and an unidentified man look over a document on the rear platform of a train at an unknown town in New Mexico, a stop on President Harry S. Truman's return from his presidential trip to the West Coast. The President is partly visible behind Margaret, and Harry Vaughan is on the right. The others are unidentified. (Same as 59-314-2; see also 2012-320.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Margaret Truman and an unidentified man look at a map on the rear platform of a train in an unknown city in New Mexico, a stop on the way back from President Harry S. Truman's presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 59-314-1) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (right) is greeted by three men on the rear platform of a train which has just arrived in Los Angeles, California. the man second from the right is Lieutenant Governor Goodwin Knight; the man on the left is a member of the Greater Los Angeles Press Club, where the President is to attend and speak at a luncheon at the Coconut Grove restaurant, in the Ambassador Hotel; the third man is unidentified. All people on the ground are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (center) stands at attention among a group of unidentified others in front of the train which carried him to Union Station, Los Angeles, California, as part of his presidential trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-743 and 59-301; similar to 59-302) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd from the rear platform of a train in Santa Barbara, California, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. On his left are Margaret Truman and William Simmons. (See 74-839.) From: Naval Photo Center. Sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Bess Truman (second from right), Margaret Truman (right), and two unidentified women on the rear platform of a train in Los Angeles, California, where President Harry S. Truman traveled on his rail trip to the West Coast. (Same as 80-305) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.