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William Howard Taft's White Motor car
Author
Unnamed photographer in employ of Bain News Service
Title
William Howard Taft's White Motor car
Description

U. S. President William Howard Taft's White Motor Company Model M 40 horse-power steam 7 passenger touring car.

Notes: Taft was the first U.S. President to use motorcars exclusively instead of horse drawn transport while in office. He purchased this vehicle for his own use with his own funds between his election and his inaguration. The man seen at the driving wheel in this photo is not identified, but is likely Taft's official driver, George Robinson. Location of the photo is on the White House grounds; in the background is the State Department Building, since renamed the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. discussion with references to period press publications.
Auto can also be seen in use in this view:File:WilliamHTaftAutomobile.jpg
Date March 1909
date QS:P571,+1909-03-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium 1 negative : glass
Dimensions 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Accession number
  • Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ggbain-03212 (digital file from original neg.)
  • Call Number: LC-B2- 670-4 [P&P]
Source
This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division
under the digital ID ggbain.03212.
This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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Bain News Service photograph via Library of Congress website [1]; converted from TIFF to .jpg and border cropped before upload
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Public domain This work is from the George Grantham Bain collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.

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