Railroads

President Harry S. Truman's trip to the Grand Coulee Dam. On rear of the train left to right: President Truman, Margaret Truman. This photo was sent to President Truman by Clive Davis of Falls Church, Virginia, along with a recording of the remarks Truman made at the dedication of the Grand Coulee Dam.

St. Louis, Missouri Postmaster Barney Dickmann (left) and President Harry S. Truman with Chicago Tribune paper headlined "Dewey Defeats Truman". They are on the back of a train stopped at Union Station in St. Louis, Missouri. This photo was sent to President Truman by Frank Horak, Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of Postmasters of the United States, Oconto, Wisconsin.

Governor Roy J. Turner of Oklahoma stand on the rear platform of a train with President Harry S. Truman (at microphone) in Afton, Oklahoma, on a campaign stop. This photo was sent to President Truman by Orrick Sparlin of Miami, Oklahoma.

President Harry S. Truman (right) in Sandpoint, Idaho, preparing to speak from the rear of a train. His daughter, Margaret, is on the left. Others are unidentified. This photo was sent to President Truman by Floyd Gray, the mayor of Sandpoint.

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