President Taft's White Steamer

President from 1909 - 1913

 http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wt27.html

  

The White Company made much of its car being used by President Taft.  This card is a "Souvenir of the Inauguration of President Taft."  Its reverse includes a list of activities.

 

 This White Steamer postcard lack the "Souvenir of the Inauguration of President Taft" inscription but uses the same image.

 This White Steamer blotter uses the postcard image as well.  It was almost certainly a "Souvenir of the Inauguration of President Taft," although it does not say so.  Perhaps it was only an advertising piece.

William Howard Taft and the First Motoring Presidency, 1909-1913, by Michael L. Bromley, 2003, ISBN 0­7864­ 1475­8.Hardbound, 447 pages, 7 by 10 inches, 86 photographs. Published by McFarland & Company, Inc., Box 611, Jefferson, NC 28640, 1­800­253­2187, www.mcfarlandpub.com. $49.95 (plus $4.00 shipping).

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