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President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of his railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan," during his trip to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. From left to right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, President Truman, and General J. Lawton Collins.

President Harry S. Truman (in raincoat at bottom of steps) being greeted by unidentified Army officers upon his arrival by train at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, for an inspection of the facility. Standing behind Truman on the train is (left to right), Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General J. Lawton Collins, and Averell Harriman. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman in front of a train at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Foreground, from left to right: Major General Edward E. MacMorland, Commander of Aberdeen; Major General Elbert L. Ford, Chief of Ordnance (behind MacMorland); Secretary of the Army Frank Pace; President Truman; General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff. Others are unidentified.

John Steelman, center, negotiates a settlement in the Enginemen and Firemen's Railroad Strike of 1950. C.D. MacKay, Chairman of Southeastern Carrier Conference Committee and Assistant Vice President of Southern Railway System, is on the extreme left, and David B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, is on the extreme right.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of his railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan," on the occasion of his trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Army-Navy football game. From left to right: unidentified, Philadelphia Mayor Bernard Samuel, Pennsylvania Governor James Duff, President Truman, unidentified, and Senator Francis J. Myers.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of his railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan," on the occasion of his trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Army-Navy football game. From left to right: unidentified, Philadelphia Mayor Bernard Samuel, Pennsylvania Governor James Duff (mostly obscured), President Truman, unidentified, and Senator Francis J. Myers.

Snapshot of the California Sierras, taken from a train when President Harry S. Truman was on a west coast whistlestop tour in September and October, 1952, to campaign for Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman. From: Richard Cull, Jr.

Snapshot of the California Sierras, taken from the train when President Harry S. Truman was on a west coast whistlestop tour in September and October, 1952, to campaign for Stevenson and Sparkman. From: Richard Cull, Jr.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman (far distant right) campaigning for Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman from the back of a train in Grand Junction, Colorado, during his whistlestop tour of the far west. Stevenson is running for President. From: Richard Cull, Jr.

Snapshot of President Harry S. Truman addressing a crowd in Iowa from the back of a train during a 1952 Whistlestop campaign tour. The sign on the train reads "Vote for Stevenson and Sparkman." He is accompanied by his daughter, Margaret Truman (right). In Iowa, as elsewhere on the coast to coast whistlestop tour, the routine was the same: Truman would come to the mike, say a few words, accept the cheers and "give 'em hell, Harry" shouts, and then say, "Now I want you to say hello to my greatest asset, my daughter Margaret." Margaret would step out of the body of car onto the platform.