President Harry Truman Arriving at U. S. Naval Station Memorial Chapel, Key West, Florida, 1952
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United States Secret Service agent Morgan L. Gies was responsible for White House vehicles from 1941 to 1967, serving five presidents. This photograph from his personal collection shows Gies behind the wheel of President Harry S. Truman's presidential convertible, a 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan. It was taken during Truman's 1952 vacation in Key West, Florida.
United States Secret Service agent Morgan L. Gies was responsible for White House vehicles from 1941 to 1967, serving five presidents. This photograph from his personal collection shows Gies behind the wheel of President Harry S. Truman's presidential convertible, a 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan. It was taken during Truman's 1952 vacation in Key West, Florida.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
23 March 1952
Keywords
United States, Florida, Key West
United States, Florida, Key West Naval Station
Ford Motor Company. Lincoln-Mercury Division
United States Navy Station Memorial Chapel (Key West, Florida)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.241.14.14
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Edward L. Gies in Memory of Morgan L. Gies.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.063 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Type-written caption affixed to back: March 23, 1952 - President Truman in Key West, Florida in the 1949 Lincoln, driven by Morgan L. Gies. He is at the U.S. Navy Station Memorial Chapel.
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