Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-C18067
Arrival of the new Presidential limousine (Lincoln-Mercury Continental convertible), built by the Ford Motor Company and customized by Hess & Eisenhardt. Director of the United States Secret Service, U. E. Baughman, sits in back seat of car. Also pictured: dean of the White House press corps and United Press International (UPI) reporter, Merriman "Smitty" Smith; White House correspondent for The Washington Star, Garnett D. Horner. Ford Motor Company liaison officer to the White House, Vaughn Ferguson (right), places the bubble-top roof on the back of the car. North Portico, White House, Washington, D.C.