President Harry Truman at the Key West Naval Station, Florida, 1952
THF208677 / President Harry Truman at the Key West Naval Station, 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 President Harry S. Truman's presidential convertible, a 1949 Lincoln Cosmopolitan. It was taken during Truman's 1952 vacation in Key West, Florida.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
09 March 1952
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.241.14.16
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 9, 1952 - President Truman in Key West, Florida in the 1949 Lincoln. The car is driven by SSA, Morgan L. Gies.
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