President Harry S. Truman appears in an open-top limousine during a motorcade in Taunton, Massachusetts. Riding with him in the car are Massachusetts Governor Paul Dever, and Congressman John F. Kennedy. Truman was in Massachusetts to campaign for Adlai Stevenson for president.
President Harry S. Truman's Rear Platform Remarks, Wolf Point, Montana, September 29, 1952, 10:50 p.m. Transcript available in the Public Papers of the Presidents. The president gave two speeches in Wolf Point during his visit--this one late at night, and one early the next morning. Truman was campaigning on behalf of Adlai Stevenson for president.
President Harry S. Truman meets with Native Americans on the rear platform of his train while on a Whistlestop tour in support of Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign. He smokes a peace pipe with Assiniboine Chief First to Fly (shown at right with horned ceremonial head gear) in Glasgow, Montana. Two years earlier, President Truman had been made "Chief Bear Soldier" by the Assiniboine (Hohe Nakota) people. The other two Native Americans are unidentified. Donor: New York Herald Tribune.
President Harry S. Truman and Margaret Truman appear on the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop appearance in Fargo, North Dakota.
Former president Harry S. Truman explains why he did not run for president in 1952. Sound only.