View of Utah landscape taken from President Harry S. Truman's campaign train
View of a lonely Utah landscape taken from President Harry S. Truman's train during his 1948 western trip. From: Sgt. Howard (Bud) Williams.
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Snapshot of Utah landscape taken from President Harry S. Truman's 1948 campaign train
A solitary car rolls down a lonely road in Utah, as seen from President Harry S. Truman's train on his 1948 western trip. From: Sgt. Howard (Bud) Williams.
View of train station just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, from President Harry S. Truman's campaign train
As seen from President Harry S. Truman's campaign train, a crowd gathers at a train station just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, to see the President during his 1948 western presidential campaign. From: Sgt. Howard (Bud) Williams.
Aerial view of a flooded freight yard in the Armourdale District, Kansas City, Kansas
The tops of trains emerge from flood waters from the Kansas River covering Union Pacific shops and freight yards in the Armourdale District, Kansas City, Kansas. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.
View of the Union Pacific freight yards in Kansas City, Kansas, during the flood of 1951
View of the Union-Pacific freight yards in the Armourdale District, Kansas City, Kansas, showing railway cars partially submerged by rising waters from the Kansas River. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.
View of the Kansas River from the Central Avenue Viaduct, Kansas City, Kansas, during the flood of 1951
View looking south off of the Central Avenue Viaduct, Kansas City, Kansas, during the flood of 1951, showing railroad cars floating and submerged in the freight yards. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.
View of the Kansas River from the Central Avenue bridge, Kansas City, Kansas, during the flood of 1951
South view taken from the Central Avenue bridge showing high water in the freight yards, Central Industrial District, Kansas City, Kansas. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.
Mountain railroad at Lourdes
Le Chemin de Fer - Funiculaire du Pic du Jer. Mountain railroad at Lourdes in southwestern France. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.
Children in Front of a Train in Mukden, Manchuria
Children in front of a train in Mukden, Manchuria. Photo taken during the U.S. Reparations tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).
Diner Car on the Train in North Korea During the U.S. Reparations Tour
Diner car on the train in North Korea during the U.S. Reparations Tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).