Railroads

Reporters and others gather behind President Harry S. Truman's train at the Independence, Missouri railroad station, where the President will leave for Washington on the last leg of his trip to the West Coast. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (on rear platform, third from right) and others stand on the rear platform of a train and greet a crowd gathered at a railroad station in an unidentified eastern Missouri city. President Truman is headed back to Washington after a trip to the West Coast. Also present is Appointments Secretary Matthew Connelly (on platform, right). All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman greets the crowd gathered at the Jefferson City, Missouri railroad station, a stop on the return from his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. Others on the rear platform are unidentified. (See also 2012-335.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman waves his hat from the rear platform of a train in Chicago, IL, during a trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

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.