President Harry Truman and Naval Officers in Presidential Limousine, Key West, Florida, 1952
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Artifact Overview
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 a 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan. His passengers are Captain Cecil C. Adell, Admiral William Leahy, Secretary of State Dean Acheson, and President Harry S. Truman (wearing glasses).
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
07 March 1952
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.241.14.15
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 7, 1952 - President Truman is in Key West, Florida riding in the 1949 Lincoln Continental. Also in the car is President Truman's Secretary of State, Dean G. Acheson. Secret Service Agent, Morgan L. Gies is driving the President.
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