Railroads

A group of African-American supporters meet with President Harry S. Truman in his private railroad car, the Ferdinand Magellan, after delivering a speech in Des Moines, Iowa. Left to right are: Charles Ross (Press Secretary), Anna Hedgeman (leader and chief strategist of the Citizens Committee to Reelect Truman), J. McKinley Neal (Missouri State Representative), Robert L. Sweeney (the first Black supervisor in the Kansas City, Missouri Post Office), Lewis W. Clymer, and President Truman. (Same as 78-741 and 2006-7. 2006-7 is autographed.)

President Harry S. Truman (left), on the campaign trail, speaks from the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop in Georgetown, Texas. On the right is Homer Thornberry, Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives. (See 74-836.) From: Billy Coe Dyer.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of a train greeting the crowd gathered to meet him at a Whistlestop in Sacramento, California, during a 1948 campaign tour. Others on the platform are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

At a whistlestop in Sacramento, California, a crowd gathers around the rear platform of the train carrying President Harry S. Truman on a campaign tour. People can be seen climbing the steps to walk by the President and shake his hand. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train during a campaign tour, President Harry S. Truman (third from left) greets the crowd gathered to meet him at a Whistlestop in Sacramento, California. The others on the platform are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) looks down at the crowd gathered to greet him at a Whistlestop in Sacramento, California, during a campaign tour. The man on the left is Harold T. Johnson, Mayor of Roseville, California. The other man is unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County, Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) surveys the crowd gathered to meet him at a whistlestop in Sacramento, California, during a campaign tour. Harold T. Johnson, Mayor of Roseville, California, is on Truman's right. The other men are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County, Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) smiles at the crowd gathered to greet him at a whistlestop in Sacramento, California during a campaign tour. On the left is Harold T. Johnson, mayor of Roseville, California. The other men are unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

From the rear platform of a train, President Harry S. Truman surveys the crowd gathered to greet him at a whistlestop in Sacramento, California. The other man on the train is unidentified. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971

A crowd, hands raised in greeting, surrounds the rear platform of the train carrying President Harry S. Truman on a campaign tour as it makes a whistlestop in Roseville, California. The President, his wife and daughter are also on the rear platform but not seen distinctly. From: Carol Paoli, Plumas County Museum, 500 Jackson St., Quincy, CA 95971