"We're Fore Ike" Golf Tees, 1956
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These golf tees - originally distributed at the 1956 Republican National Convention - belonged to United States Secret Service agent Morgan L. Gies. Gies served from 1941 until 1967. He oversaw the fleet of White House vehicles for five presidents -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson.
These golf tees - originally distributed at the 1956 Republican National Convention - belonged to United States Secret Service agent Morgan L. Gies. Gies served from 1941 until 1967. He oversaw the fleet of White House vehicles for five presidents -- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Artifact
Golf tees
Date Made
1956
Subject Date
August 1956
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2011.241.11
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Edward L. Gies in Memory of Morgan L. Gies.
Material
Cardboard
Wood (Plant material)
Color
White (Color)
Blue
Red
Dimensions
Height: 2 in (folded)
Width: 1.5625 in (folded)
Length: 0.5 in (folded)
Inscriptions
Obverse: WE'RE / FORE / "IKE" Interior: Tee up / with / "IKE" Verso: SUITS U.S. - / 1956 / G.O.P. NATIONAL / CONVENTION / COW PALACE / SAN FRANCISCO / CALIF. / -TO A "T" Interior flap: copyright 1956 / AdVer / Tees / STOWE, VT.
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