Truman on whistlestop in California
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.
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Truman campaigning in California
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
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
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.
Former President Truman, Samuel Solins, and others aboard train
Samuel Solins (left) sits next to former President Harry S. Truman (behind Solins)at a luncheon served in a business car of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Others at the table are unidentified. The former President was in Welch, Virginia, to participate in Veterans' Day activities. From: Samuel Solins.
Mr. and Mrs. Truman on train
This is a photograph taken of former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Truman on the train before they leave for Europe.
President Truman waves from rear platform of train in Rock Island, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman waves from the rear platform of a train during a whistlestop in Rock Island, Illinois on the 1948 campaign trail. The policeman in the photo is unidentified. From: Niel Johnson
President Truman on rear platform of train in Rock Island, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman stands on the step of the rear platform of a train looking into a photographer's camera. The photo was taken in Rock Island, Illinois, during a whistlestop tour on the 1948 campaign trail. From: Niel Johnson
President Truman looks out from rear platform of train in Rock Island, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman looks out from the rear platform of a train during a whistlestop in Rock Island, Illinois, on his 1948 campaign trip. From: Niel Johnson
Truman speaks from rear platform of train in Rock Island, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman (fourth from left) speaks to a crowd from the rear platform of a train in Rock Island, Illinois, during a whistlestop campaign tour. Others in the photo are unidentified. From: Niel Johnson