Jester, Beauford Halbert, 1893-1949

Congressional candidate Homer Thornberry (left) is introduced to President Harry S. Truman (third from left) by Congressman and senatorial candidate Lyndon Johnson (second from left). Behind the President is (from left to right) Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman, Margaret Truman, and Texas Governor Beauford Jester.

Texas Governor Beauford Jester speaks from behind a podium at a campaign event for President Harry S. Truman in Fort Worth, Texas. Also present behind Governor Jester are Congressman Lyndon Johnson (front row, left), President Harry S. Truman and Congressman Sam Rayburn (fourth and fifth from the left), Creekmore Fath (front row, third from right), Margaret Truman (back row, fourth from left), and First Lady Bess W. Truman (back row, sixth from left). All others are unidentified.

Texas Governor Beauford Jester speaks from behind a podium at a campaign event for President Harry S. Truman in Fort Worth, Texas. Seated behind Governor Jester are President Truman and Congressman Sam Rayburn (front row, second and third from the left), Creekmore Fath (front row, right), Margaret Truman (back row, left), and First Lady Bess W. Truman (back row, third from left). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (foreground, third from left) and Governor Beauford Jester (foreground, second from left) remove their hats during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. Also present in the background is Congressman Lyndon Johnson (background, left, partly obscured). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman removes his hat, placing it over his heart, during a campaign tour in Fort Worth, Texas. From left to right: unidentified man, Governor Beauford Jester, Creekmore Fath (balding, with bow tie), Congressman Lyndon Johnson (partly obscured), unidentified man (mostly obscured), and President Harry S. Truman. All others in the background are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (center) greets Raymond South, San Antonio Commissioner of Fire and Police (second from right) after receiving a sombrero from Ramon Galinde, President of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce (third from left) while in San Antonio, Texas. Also present are Fred Palmer, San Antonio Chief of Police (left), Congressman Sam Rayburn (third from right), and Governor Beauford Jester of Texas (right). Others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, at right) speaks with an unidentified man holding a Stetson hat box during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. Governor Beauford Jester of Texas is seated at left, and First Lady Bess Truman is seated in the second row at far right. All others are unidentified.

Governor Beauford Jester of Texas (front row, left), Congressman Sam Rayburn (front row, right), and others sit during a campaign event for President Harry S. Truman in Fort Worth, Texas. Seated in the second row is Margaret Truman (second from right). All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman (right, walking down steps) exits the First Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas, after attending Sunday church services. Also present are Governor Beauford H. Jester of Texas (left, walking down steps), First Lady Bess W. Truman (obscured, behind President Truman), and Margaret Truman. All others are unidentified. The Trumans stopped in San Antonio during a campaign tour of Texas.

President Harry S. Truman (seated, at right) examines his hat with an unidentified male (seated, center) during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. Governor Beauford Jester of Texas is seated at left. Partially visible on the right is Congressman Sam Rayburn. All others are unidentified.