Willard C. Hess at Henry Ford Museum Exhibit Featuring the 1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine, 1982
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Willard C. Hess posed next to the 1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine in Henry Ford Museum in 1982. Mr. Hess's company, Hess & Eisenhardt of Cincinnati, Ohio, modified the stock Lincoln for White House use in 1961 and then rebuilt it after President Kennedy's assassination. Mr. Hess held the license plate the car carried during the 1963 shooting.
Willard C. Hess posed next to the 1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine in Henry Ford Museum in 1982. Mr. Hess's company, Hess & Eisenhardt of Cincinnati, Ohio, modified the stock Lincoln for White House use in 1961 and then rebuilt it after President Kennedy's assassination. Mr. Hess held the license plate the car carried during the 1963 shooting.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
April 1982
Creators
Unknown
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Lincoln Continental automobile
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.B.91137.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
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