Sunday, February 22, 2026

1948 Truman Visit To Wenatchee

Credit: U.S. Navy

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

June 9, 1948

A crowd gathers at the Wenatchee, Washington train station to meet President Harry S. Truman who is making a presidential campaign stop on his trip to the West Coast and to view flood waters in the area. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. 



5 comments:

Kurt Moose said...

How long was the whistle stop, cause the GN must've had to shut down all activity in town for this with all the people right there on the RoW!!

SDP45 said...

That I haven't found. The Truman library doesn't give that info.

Kurt Moose said...

Be nice to find some train orders from that day, and maybe some special instruction flimsies, as to the actual train stoppage and all.

SDP45 said...

Wenatchee trainorders seem to be scarce. I've got 100s from Ephrata though!

Kurt Moose said...

Nice!