Reliving a Special Moment: President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth in a Lincoln Cosmopolitan, 1957

This wonderful old photo of Pennsylvania Avenue in 1957 shows President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth in an old Lincoln Cosmopolitan.

Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower in 1957

Source: Flickr user Dave Gelinas

And here’s another.

1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Presidential Limousine - Bubble Top Parade Car - Presidential Motorcade - President Eisenhower - Queen Elizabeth - United States Visit - Washington DC - October, 1957 — 1950 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Presidential Limousine – Bubble Top Parade Car – Presidential Motorcade – President Eisenhower – Queen Elizabeth – United States Visit – Washington DC – October, 1957

Source: Flickr user Dave Gelinas

This photo was taken in October 1957. Just months later, Eisenhower was in front of the cameras for another milestone — the dedication of NBC’s new $4 million Washington studio, where he became the first president ever recorded on color videotape.

Source: Flickr user Dave Gelinas

2 thoughts on “Reliving a Special Moment: President Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth in a Lincoln Cosmopolitan, 1957”

The Lincoln Cosmopolitan was built 1949-54. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Cosmopolitan

The photos published here are the first, and only, I have ever seen of the Presidential Limousine – Bubble Top Parade Car. Has any reader of these pages any idea what the future of this particular vehicle became? Does it still exist, perhaps in a private collection?

It’s in the Henry Ford Museum, alongside the car that replaced it in which JFK was assassinated.

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