Two items: a glossy 10 x 8 photo of President Truman's famed whistle-stop train tour undertaken as part of his 1948 presidential campaign, signed and inscribed along the bottom in fountain pen, "Best wishes to James L. Norton, Jr., Harry S. Truman, 2/13/53, Happened 9/18/48"; and a TLS, one page, 7.25 x 10.5, personal letterhead, February 14, 1953, in part: "I am returning the picture of you on the back end of the train inscribed. I was certainly glad to hear from you and appreciate the picture of you and Ed Kelly. Ed was a wheel horse and a great loss to the Democratic party when he passed away." In overall fine condition, with light staining along the left edge of the letter.
In 1948, President Truman undertook his famous 'whistle stop' campaign-a 21,928-mile presidential odyssey across the United States, giving speeches from the rear platform of the presidential railcar the 'Ferdinand Magellan.' The stops drew massive crowds and energized his base, signaling an important change in Truman's momentum: he would defy predictions and defeat Thomas Dewey in the November elections.
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