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Truman and Margaret on campaign train, Topeka

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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.

Trumans on campaign train in Topeka, Kansas

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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.

Truman on campaign stop in Mattoon, Illinois

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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 Truman in Mattoon, Illinois

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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.

Truman with railway employees

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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 Truman on back of train in Burbank, California

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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

Truman on whistlestop in California

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President Harry S. Truman campaigns from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. The man in the background is unidentified. From: Robert Godwin.

Truman campaigning in California

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President Harry S. Truman (right) campaigns from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. The other man is unidentified. From: Robert Godwin.

Truman with James Roosevelt in California

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President Harry S. Truman (left), on the campaign trail, speaks with James Roosevelt (right) from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. From: Robert Godwin.

Truman, Robert L. Sweeney and others in the private car of the Ferdinand Magellan

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President Harry S. Truman meets with Robert L. Sweeney, a friend of the President and the first Black supervisor in the Kansas City, Missouri Post Office, and others in his private car aboard the Ferdinand Magellan, the Presidential train. This photo was taken sometime after President Truman gave a campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa. Left to right are: Press Secretary Charles Ross; leader and chief strategist of the Citizens Committee to Reelect Truman, Anna Hedgeman; Missouri State Representative J. McKinley Neal; Robert L. Sweeney; Lewis M. Clymer; and President Truman.

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