Franklin D. Roosevelt Whistle Stop Tour,
Campaigning aboard train “The Roosevelt Special” with son, James at New Albany, Indiana. October 22, 1932.
-from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.
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Eleven days until the election-
George and Barbara Bush rest aboard the Vice President’s plane, Air Force II, during the 1984 Presidential campaign. 10/25/1984.
-from the Bush Library
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Campaign Crowds, 1932
FDR with Anna Roosevelt Halsted and Eleanor Roosevelt during the 1932 campaign. The Roosevelts were on their way from their cottage to the station in Warm Springs, Georgia. 10/24/32.
-from the FDR Library
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Ohio Whistle Stop, 1984
President Ronald Reagan makes remarks in Ottawa, Ohio during his whistle stop tour through Ohio on the Ferdinand Magellan. 10/12/84.
-from the Ronald Reagan Library
Source: reagan.utexas.edu
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“Look Ahead, Neighbor!”
Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower waving from campaign train, the Eisenhower Special.
September 14, 1952.
-from the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
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Rain or Shine
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson campaigning in Minnesota. 9/21/60.
-from the LBJ Library
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Whistle Stop in Georgia
President Bush addresses supporters from the back of his “Spirit of America” railroad car in Cornelia during his whistle stop tour across Georgia. 10/20/90
-from the Bush Library
Source: bushlibrary.tamu.edu
Campaign Train Stop, 1936
FDR campaigns from back of railroad car “Pioneer.” October 1936.
-from the Roosevelt Library, Photo ID: NPx 61-393
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The Development of TV Spots
Television became an important part of campaign fundraising for the 1952 presidential election.
These storyboards are from an Eisenhower campaign strategy book that illustrates how money-raising goals were achieved through “TV Spots.”
“Spots for Eisenhower” -the entire book at The Presidential Timeline
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