Railroads

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.

From the back of a train, President Harry S. Truman greets residents of Roseville, California, a stop on his presidential trip to the West Coast. Second from left is military aide General Harry Vaughan; on the right is Captain Robert Dennison. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd is gathered at a railroad station in Washington to see President Harry S. Truman as he makes a presidential campaign stop on his way to the West Coast. The city is unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A view of the crowd waiting along railroad tracks, during President Harry S. Truman's western trip, location unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to Truman Library by National Archives. Original 4x5" negative.

A crowd gathers at the railroad station in Kearney, Nebraska, and spills across the tracks to see President Harry S. Truman on his whistlestop trip to the west coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd lines up at a railroad station in a small town in Nebraska to see President Harry S. Truman during his 10,000 mile, cross-country tour. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking from platform next to his train in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Roosevelt stopped while on his way to Chicago, Illinois. All people unidentified.