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...Last week the White House got nine new automobiles???three Lincolns, three Cadillacs, three Fierce-Arrows. The Government, instead of buying the cars outright, has contracts with their manufacturers calling for replacements every year. Each of the President's three secretaries is assigned a limousine. Mr. & Mrs. Hoover each have two for their own use. Two more are reserved for White House guests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Apr. 18, 1932 | 4/18/1932 | See Source »

...candidate to succeed her husband against former Governor Noble Foss of Massachusetts. There also was Frank W. Stearns, merchant-friend of the President. Cameras clicked. A schoolboy dashed up with a box of flowers for Mrs. Coolidge. The President entered his car, and the party?a procession of 15 automobiles???drove slowly through flag-draped streets, slowing down before schoolhouses where children lined up with flags, singing. Not having breakfasted, the President did not stop for a peek at the House of the Seven Gables...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Across from Nahant | 7/6/1925 | See Source »

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