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Presidents
Session I: Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Estimate

802

Presidents, cont.
797

Estimate

1946 HARRY & BESS TRUMAN SIGNED
CHRISTMAS PHOTO ........................................... PH $200-300

Typed Letter, one page (8"x10½”) on United States Senate
letterhead, May 21, 1954. Not signed. Letter to Charles J.
Lewin, Editor, ‘The Standard-Times,’ New Bedford, Mass.,
two file holes in upper blank margin. Kennedy rejects letter
for unknown reasons. Partial text follows: ‘I do not think that
anyone reasonably could say that the Congress was niggardly
in appropriating this $91 million when it is noted that such a
program would be several millions more than the air mail and
subsidy payments in 1948 which was the first year when a
Congressional Committee advocated a reform of the air mail
subsidy program. You have performed a very fine public service
in bringing this expensive item to the attention of the taxpayers
who after all are the ones who have to pay the bill.’ Letter was
never signed or mailed. There are no mailing folds. Sen.
Kennedy penned an enormous ‘No’ on the text, with long
underline. Full transcript and University archives accompany
this interesting lot. Very fine.

Official B&W (8"x10") photo of President Harry Truman and
wife Bess Truman on the stairs of the presidential plane sent
to friends and colleagues for Christmas of 1946 (unsigned
Christmas card included). A very attractive photo with the
presidential couple in characteristic pose. Some corner creases
that do not affect the photo, otherwise fine.
798

D 1954 REJECTED LETTER WITH HUGE ‘NO’
IN KENNEDY’S HAND ...................................... PH $1000-1500

1955s DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SIGNED PHOTO
............................................................................... PH $200-300

Large B&W photo (11"x14") of Eisenhower, an image from
just after his hospitalization for a heart attack in 1955, and
signed boldly. From a note on the back, probably signed at
Gettysburg in 1961. Photo has flaws all along the edges and a
1" tear on the right edge and 3½” tear at bottom. Signature clear.

803

1954 EISENHOWER TYPED LETTER SIGNED
INFORMALLY AS PRESIDENT ............................ PH $600-800

Typed letter on White House letterhead (7¼”x10¼”), signed
‘DE’ in black ink, 1 page, dated Dec 22, 1954. Touching letter
sent to Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons, known as ‘Jerry’.
Eisenhower writes about anonymous donations of several
friends and co-workers of Paul T. ‘Pete’ Carroll, who died
suddenly of a heart attack while working as Eisenhower’s Staff
Secretary. ‘Pete’ Carroll was a graduate of West Point, served
in World War II, became Chief of Correspondence in the Office
of Chief of Staff for Eisenhower and became Staff Secretary
and Defense Liai son Officer for the White House in 1953. He
died of a heart attack September 1954 at age 44. The $18,000
gift collected for his wife, Ruth, and her boys, is equal to
approximately $160,000 in today’s dollars. A touching note
from the president. Very fine. Accompanied by complete
transcript of letter and University Archives LOA.
804

799

800

805

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807

/D 1958 HARRY TRUMAN SIGNED LETTER .......... PH $300-400

Harry Truman signed letter (plus original envelope it was mailed
in) to Ralph Cunfer a long-time democratic supporter. Signed
in black ink on Independence, Missouri letterhead. Horizontal
mailing folds as normal. Very fine.

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1957 NIXON SIGNED ON EISENHOWER
INAUGURAL COVER ........................................... PH $300-400

Art Craft Inauguration cover for Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
second term. Cover cacheted & unaddressed with 4¢ gray White
House stamp from Presidential series of 1938. Cancel
Washington, D.C. Jan 21, 12-M, 1957. Signed by Richard
Nixon in black ink. Clean.

/D 1952 HARRY TRUMAN SIGNED LETTER .......... PH $350-500

Typed letter on pale green White House stationery, signed
‘Harry S Truman’ as President, one page, 7"x9". Dated
Washington, August 8, 1952, to Secretary of the Treasury John
W. Snyder. Fine Condition. In full, ‘I am forwarding you the
letter to Thomas A. Gallagher, accepting his resigna- [sic] as
you suggest.’ The letter to Gallagher is included, with a handstamped Truman signature. Very fine. (University Archives LOA).

/D 1956 HARRY TRUMAN SIGNED LETTER .......... PH $200-300

Typed letter on Truman’s Kansas City office stationery,
7¼”x10½”, dated January 7, 1956. To Frank Glenn, Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, thanking him for a book
on Abraham Lincoln. Signed by Truman as former President
in black ink. Very fine. (University Archives LOA).

/D 1952 HARRY TRUMAN SIGNED LETTER .......... PH $400-600

Typed letter on pale green White House stationery, signed by
President Harry S Truman. One page, 7"x9", Washington, July
21, 1952, to Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder regarding
his recent memo on ‘Fiscal and Monetary Policy.’ Very fine.
(University Archives LOA).
801

B&W photograph (7-1/3"x9") showing a grinning Vice
President Richard Nixon, at the White House, meeting the
flamboyant mayor of Berkeley, MO, Bill Bangert (from same
visit as Lot 683). Inscribed in margin 'To Bill Bangert/With
best wishes,' then signed in black ink 'Richard Nixon' to right.
Bangert was a sportsman (he is shown in a shot put pose with
ball) and entrepreneur who founded the village of Champ, MO
to be a sports mecca in order to host the Pan America Games
and the 1976 Olympics in the St. Louis region. Affixed to
cardboard, in excellent condition.

/D 1951 HARRY TRUMAN SIGNED LETTER &
DOCUMENT ...................................................... PH $6000-8000

Includes a signed letter & document: (1) Typed letter on White
House stationery, signed ‘H.S.T.’ as President, to his Secretary
of the Treasury John W. Snyder, dated July 20, 1951. In the
form of a Memorandum regarding loyalty files in the Internal
Revenue Service. Paper clip mark at upper edge. Fine condition.
(2) Typed document signed by Secretary of the Treasury John
W. Snyder, dated July 30, 1951, additional handwriting
‘Approved/July 30 1951/Harry S Truman’, three pages,
8"x10½”, in the form of a Memorandum. Fine condition.
(University Archives LOA).

1955 VICE-PRESIDENT NIXON AUTOGRAPHED
PHOTO .................................................................. PH $150-250

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