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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.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waves to the crowd as he stands on the rear platform of the campaign train as it makes a whistlestop in Topeka, Kansas. On his left is his daughter Margaret. The others in the photo are not identified. Donor: Mrs. H. Burton Harvey.

From left to right, unidentified, President Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, and Bess Wallace Truman on the rear platform of the campaign train as it stopped in Topeka, Kansas. Donor: Mrs. H. Burton Harvey.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) receiving a boutonniere from Martha Harrington (in front of Truman, back to camera) on the rear platform of his campaign train during a whistlestop in Mattoon, Illinois. First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (left) was presented with a bouquet of flowers, as was Margaret (not shown). President Truman stopped in Mattoon en route to St. Louis. Donor: Martha Harrington.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) speaking with Bill Harrington, Jr., a young resident of Mattoon, Illinois, on the rear platform of his campaign train. President Truman stopped in Mattoon on his way to St. Louis, Missouri. From: Sister Martha Harrington.

Former President Harry S. Truman (center, facing camera) holding an informal conversation with a group of men, some in uniform, on the grounds of the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Among them are representatives of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. The event and identities of individuals are unknown.

President Harry S. Truman (waving from podium) campaigns from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. The other people are unidentified. From: Robert Godwin