October 27, 1964. The election is still more than a week away, and LBJ’s hands are already painful from all the handshakes on the campaign trail. At noon today he meets British politician Patrick Gordon Walker, who remarks:

“I don’t know if I should shake hands with you…I hear your hands are in bad shape…”

LBJ is no stranger to strenuous campaigning, going all the way back to the days of his House and Senate races in the ‘30s and 40’s. In his first campaign, in 1937, he campaigned until he collapsed with appendicitis and had to be hospitalized. But he won the race.

Despite his sore hands, his presidential campaign continues today in Boston, Pittsburgh, and Evansville. The President spends the night in Albuquerque, where he will continue the campaign tomorrow. 

Follow along on the campaign route here. 

LBJ Library photos 432-7-WH64, 432-141-WH64, 432-140-WH64, and 432-217-WH64; images are in the public domain.