Railroads

President Harry S. Truman relaxes and reads a newspaper as his special train carries him into the Midwest to open a two week campaign trip for the Democratic National ticket. His first talk of the trip was made at Fargo, North Dakota today. From: Houston Post.

President Truman is leaving for Philadelphia where he will speak at a luncheon. He will be addressing the American Hospital Association. He will return to Washington D.C. the same day. From: Houston Post.

Margaret Truman pins a Stevenson-Sparkman campaign button on the lapel of President Harry S. Truman. Someone in the crowd had handed it to her. The whistlestop tour stopped in Ft. Wayne, Indiana for the President to speak for the Democratic Party.

Police estimated the crowd to be approximately 12,000-15,000 as President Harry S. Truman's train stopped at the station in Wooster, Ohio. The train stopped so the President could disembark and attend church at Bethany Baptist Church. The President spoke briefly from the platform. This photo is the same as 69-285, but of better quality. From: Houston Post. From: Houston Post.

The First Family waves from the back of the President's train. First Lady Bess Truman will not be making the trip, but is there to see the President and Margaret Truman off. They are going on a whistlestop campaign that will involve twenty two states in fifteen days. From left to right: First Lady Bess Truman, President Harry S. Truman, and daughter Margaret Truman. Same as 68-1489, but better print. Donor: Houston Post.

A small boy listens intently from his railroad track perch as President Harry S. Truman makes a whistle stop speech from the platform of his special train. They are in Devils Lake, North Dakota.

Former President Harry S. Truman standing with unidentified persons on rear platform of train; "The Phoebe Snow" is on the car's nameplate. They are in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. See also 77-2987.

Two unidentified World War I soldiers sit inside a train and look out. They appear to be eating a meal. The photograph is part of a collection belonging to Harry S Truman from the time he spent in France during World War I.

This is a photograph of five unidentified World War I soldiers standing in the snow in front of an artillery transport train. The photograph is part of a collection belonging to Harry S. Truman from the time he spent in France during World War I.

An unidentified soldier helps an unidentified woman board the train while another soldier in the background looks on. The location is unknown. The photograph is part of a collection belonging to Harry S Truman from the time he spent in France during World War I.