Plate, License
- Title:
- President Eisenhower
- Object Name:
- Plate, License
- Object ID:
- 2023.008
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1955
- Description:
- License plate, white with embossed and painted green lettering: "1955 / PRESIDENT / EISENHOWER / NEW HAMPSHIRE". Painted silhouette image of the Old Man of the Mountain at left. Stamped steel. H: 6" x W: 10.45" x D: 0.125"
- Material:
- Metal
Steel - Dimensions:
- H-6 W-10.45 D-0.125 inches
- Provenance:
- These license plates were issued to vehicles in President Eisenhower's entourage on his three-day visit to New Hampshire in June 1955. On June 24, the president visited Franconia Notch to view the Old Man of the Mountain on the 150th anniversary of its discovery. There, he gave a speech extolling the qualities that he felt the Old Man would like to see in the world, including freedom and peace.
This plate belonged to the donor's father, Philip Stanley Dunlap (1918-1999), who was a New Hampshire state senator, 1958-1964, and senate president, 1962-1964. He also served as chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party and was an alternate delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. - Credit Line:
- Gift of William H. Dunlap
- Subjects:
- Presidents, Old Man of the Mountain, License plates
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