Speeches, addresses, etc.

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

President Harry S. Truman (third 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

President Harry S. Truman (standing at podium) 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

Former President Harry S. Truman sits at the dinner table next to Charles Patrick Clark who is speaking to those assembled for a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Clark was Associate Chief Counsel for the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program chaired by Senator Truman in 1943. From: Charles Patrick Clark.

Former President Harry S. Truman, behind the podium, speaks to a group attending a banquet at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. The event and date are unknown. From: Charles Patrick Clark.

Former President Harry S. Truman holds three books while addressing a rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for Democratic Candidate for Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana. Seated at the second table, second from left, is Alexander Campbell. The others are unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) sits at a table at a rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana, for Vance Hartke, Democratic candidate for Senator from Indiana. Bending over Truman is Vance Hartke, and at the podium is Alexander Campbell. The other man is unidentified.

Former President Harry S. Truman addresses members of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association at an Electric Consumers Workshop breakfast held at the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C. All others are unidentified. From: Clyde T. Ellis.

India Edwards, Executive Director of the Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, stands at the podium holding a large balloon just released from a box. The event, date, and location are unidentified but may be during the 1948 Democratic Convention. (The photo has a portion cut out at left bottom.)

Standing behind the podium at Memorial Hall, Independence, Missouri Mayor Robert Weatherford speaks during the dedication of a 2,500-pound replica of the Philadelphia Liberty Bell which was sent to Independence by the people of Annecy, France, and was formally accepted by President Harry S. Truman on behalf of Independence and the United States. In front, on the street, can be seen members of an ROTC color guard from William Jewell College. From: A.W. Easter.