This photograph shows President Ronald Reagan on his 1984 reelection campaign’s “Whistlestop Tour” through Ohio aboard the Ferdinand Magellan train. Reagan used the same route and same train that President Harry Truman had used during his 1948 campaign.
President Reagan in Deshler, Ohio
- 10/12/1984
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This primary source comes from the Collection RR-WHPO: White House Photographic Collection.
National Archives Identifier: 75853671
Full Citation: Photograph C25084-15; President Reagan makes remarks in Deshler Ohio during his Whistlestop Tour; 10/12/1984; Collection RR-WHPO: White House Photographic Collection,; Ronald Reagan Library, Simi Valley, CA. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/reagan-whistlestop-ohio/, May 4, 2026]
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