“Where is Mamie Eisenhower’s 1955 Chrysler limousine? I would like to see it again. I once installed some Secret Service equipment on it when Mrs. Eisenhower was using it after the presidency.”
- Anonymous
This week’s “Ask and Archivist” question at the Eisenhower Library comes from Washington State. For the answer, read more here.
PHOTO CAPTION: On November 14, 1955, President Eisenhower rode through Gettysburg, Pennsylvania in the rear of a 1955 Chrysler Imperial limousine that was part of the White House fleet.
-from the Eisenhower Library
Ike and his Weimaraner dog, Heidi
President Eisenhower’s beloved pet Heidi spent time at the White House as well as Ike’s Gettysburg farm.
In a letter to Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield, who gave the dog to him, Ike wrote:
“Heidi is definitely an asset to life in the White House. She cavorts on the South Lawn at a great rate, with such important projects as chasing squirrels and investigating what might be under bushes. She is beautiful and well-behaved (occasionally she tends towards stubbornness but is then immediately apologetic about it.)”
from the Eisenhower Library
President Hoover delivers a Memorial Day speech at historic Gettysburg Battlefield, May 20, 1930.
More images can be found through the Hoover Library’s Research Collections.
