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Senator Virgil Chapman (center), Democrat, Kentucky, points out something of interest to President Harry S. Truman (left) as they view the crowd from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky, where the President is to make a campaign speech. Tom Underwood, Editor of The Lexington Leader, is on the right. From: James F. Rourke.

President Harry S. Truman converses with Tom Mooney (left), Mayor, Lexington, Kentucky; Senator Virgil Chapman (2nd from right), Democrat, Kentucky; and Tom Underwood (right), editor, Lexington Herald, on the back of a train making a campaign whistlestop in Lexington, Kentucky, where the President will address a crowd of supporters. From: James F. Rourke.

President Harry S. Truman stands behind the speaker on the rear platform of a train during a 1948 campaign stop in New Mexico. Of those who can be identified are Margaret Truman and General Harry Vaughan on the right behind Margaret. (See 64-828-1 thru 11.) From: Robert McKeal.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and an unidentified man are photographed on the rear platform of a train during a 1948 campaign stop in New Mexico. (See 64-828-1 thru 11.) From: Robert McKeal.

Group of unidentified men in front of a railroad train car. Possibly taken during a trip made by Harry S. Truman to South Dakota in October, 1911 to register for a claim for homesteads. From: Copied from photos lent to the Truman Library by Martha Ann Swoyer, daughter of Vivian Truman.

President Harry S. Truman makes a whistlestop at the Rock Island Depot in Chariton, Iowa. He is shown standing on the rear platform of a train, holding an ear of corn in each hand. The corn was presented to him by the sons of Steven V. Carter, a candidate for Congress.

President Harry S. Truman (right) waving from the rear platform of a train. The President made a stop in Old Saybrook, Connecticut while campaigning for Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic Presidential candidate. The other man is unidentified. Donor: Reid MacCluggage, The Hartford Courant.

President Harry S. Truman, speaking from the rear platform of a train, campaigning for Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. The campaign train is stopped in Thompsonville, Connecticut. Sign on the rear of the train read: "Vote for Stevenson and Sparkman." Secret Service men are highly visible on the tracks ahead of the train. Donor: Reid MacCluggage, The Hartford Courant.

President Harry S. Truman, speaking from the rear platform of a train, campaigning for Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. The campaign train is stopped in Thompsonville, Connecticut. Sign on the rear of the train read: "Vote for Stevenson and Sparkman". Donor: Reid MacCluggage, The Hartford Courant.

President Harry S. Truman standing the rear of a train platform, speaking and campaigning for Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson. The train is stopped in Thompsonville, Connecticut. Signs on the train read: "Vote for Stevenson and Sparkman." Secret Service agent Stu Stout stands in the lower right corner (second from right). Donor: Reid MacCluggage, The Hartford Courant.