Lot 250
Hoover, Herbert - 1931 Christmas Present. Photograph of the Washington monument signed as President on the mount, 9½" x 7½" (visible portion but the length is at least 10½") (Washington, 1931). Attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 15½" x 13". According to Mary Seeley's book Season's Greetings From The White House, four photographs of the Washington monument from different perspectives were among the Christmas gifts the Hoovers gave to their staff in 1931. The photographs were signed, matted and framed. We are told that part of the lower mount of this particular photograph is covered because President Hoover did not like the way he had signed his name, so he blotted it out, rewriting it at lower right. In any event, a beautiful photograph, in very fine condition and rare.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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