On the Trail with Obama (25 images)

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  • Senator Barack Obama claps along with supporters at a campaign stop in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

  • Senator Barack Obama delivers a speech at a Reading High School campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

  • Zoi Council, 10, from nearby Newcastle, holds a "Yes We Can," Obama campaign slogan, poster, posing for pictures in front of a large American flag at the conclusion of President-elect Obama's pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama, Vice President-elect Biden and their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • Barack Obama- President Elect

  • Waving to suporters, Senator Barack Obama campaigns by train in Pennsylvania. The event was held days before the April 2008 Pennsylvania primary where Mr. Obama was locked in a fierce contest with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. She would ultimately win the state by 9 points and the primary season would roar onwards for another two months before Obama would clinch the Democratic Presidential nomination.

  • Senator Barack Obama campaigns in Pennsylvania. Vendors hawk pins, t-shirts, and placards outside of each venue.

  • Hoistening the American flag, a man completes preparations for President-elect Obama's pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama, Vice President-elect Biden and their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • Senator Barack Obama waves to supporters before boarding his train in Paoli, Pennsylvania the weekend before the primary election, where Mr. Obama is locked in a fierce contest with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. The trip across Southeastern Pennsylvania was the first run on a train of the 2008 race, with Mr. Obama heading from Philadelphia to Harrisburg planning many rallies in between.

  • Vice President-elect Biden shares a laugh with Michele Obama during President-elect Obama's speech at their pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama and Biden along with their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • Dressed in the garb of a Union Soldier in the Civil War, a man expresses his patriotism with flag waving during a pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware. He was one in a crowd of thousands that braved sub-zero temperatures to lend support. Obama, Vice President-elect Biden and their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • Senator Barack Obama delivers a speech at a Reading High School campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

  • Senator Barack Obama makes the rounds, signing autographs, posing for photographs, and shaking hands after a campaign rally at Reading High School in Pennsylvania.

  • Senator Barack Obama embraces Senator Bob Casey on stage at a campaign in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

  • Senator Barack Obama reacts to a heckler while answering supporters questions at a Reading High School campaign rally in Pennsylvania on April 20, 2008.

  • An Obama themed t-shirt blurs as a vendor makes a sale, some of the innumerable souvenirs available outside President-elect Obama's pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama, Vice President-elect Biden and their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • Vice President- elect Joe Biden, wife Jill, and Michele Obama listen to President-elect Obama during their pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama and Biden along with their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • A man waits in a line to attend President-elect Obama's pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, one in a crowd of thousands that braved sub-zero temperatures to lend his support. Obama, Vice President-elect Biden and their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • A woman awaits the arrival of President-elect Obama during a pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware. She was one in a crowd of thousands that braved sub-zero temperatures to lend her support. Obama, Vice President-elect Biden and their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • During their pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, President-elect Obama, Jill Biden, Vice President- elect Biden, and Michele Obama wave to the crowd of thousands, who braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama and Biden along with their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • President-elect Barack Obama greets Vice President-elect Joe Biden during their pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama and Biden along with their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • Brothers wave flags waiting in line to attend President-elect Obama's pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama, Vice President-elect Biden and their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?

  • Vice President-elect Biden and his wife react to the crowd during a pre-inauguration rally with President-elect Obama in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures to lend their support. Obama, Biden and their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬? ?Ä®

  • Barack Obama- President Elect

  • Senator Barack Obama makes the rounds through a mob of supporters following a campaign rally at Reading High School in Pennsylvania.

  • Michele Obama reacts to the speech by her husband, President-elect Barack Obama, as supporters wave flags in support during their pre-inauguration rally in Wilmington, Delaware, where a crowd of thousands braved sub-zero temperatures. Obama and Vice President-elect Biden along with their families traveled by train on a Whistle Stop Tour, opening 4 days of Inauguration celebrations with rallies in Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore before their final arrival in Washington, D.C. that evening. The inauguration takes place on January 20, 2009, swearing Obama in as the 44th President of the United States of America.¬?