President Harry Truman and Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Washington, D.C., 1951

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Artifact Overview

In the course of Princess Elizabeth's first royal visit to Canada in October 1951, the future queen of the United Kingdom met for a short time with President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C. This photograph taken during their visit shows the two leaders in the back of the 1950 Lincoln presidential limousine.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

31 October 1951

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

2011.241.14.18

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: 7.563 in
Width: 9.5 in

Inscriptions

Type-written caption affixed to back: October 31,1951 - President Truman and Princess Elizabeth in the 1950 Lincoln Bubbletop driven by Secret Service Agent Morgan L. Gies. To the left rear is the 1939 Lincoln Sunshine Special.