Loading the 1950 Lincoln "Bubble-Top" Presidential Automobile onto the USS Taconic, March 1957
THF208808 / Loading the 1950 Lincoln "Bubble-Top" Presidential Automobile onto the USS Taconic, March 1957
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Artifact Overview
When the President travels abroad, United States Secret Service agents ensure that state cars arrive ahead of him. In this photograph, USS Taconic takes on President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Bubble-top" limousine for a visit in Bermuda with British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. The Secret Service began using transport aircraft to carry presidential vehicles around 1960.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
March 1957
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2011.241.14.77
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: 9.938 in
Inscriptions
Typed caption affixed to back:
March 1957 - Loading the White House cars on to the Taconic AGC-17 at Norfolk for transport to Bermuda for a trip of President Eisenhower. Picture loading the 1950 Lincoln Bubble Top.
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