Lot 272
Reagan, Ronald (1911-2004) 40th President of the United States (1981-89). Official 11" x 14" White House color photograph taken at the time of President Reagan's first Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 4, 1981 and personally signed by all 20 participants at the following Cabinet meeting. Stamped on verso: "Official Photograph / The White House / Washington / 4 FE 81 C487-02." Fine condition; one small ink smudge at right margin and faint corner creases. Three participants signed in blue ink; the remainder signed in black ink. Accompanied by the transmittal envelope, which has "The White House / Washington" engraved as the return address.
The participants are: Ronald Reagan, President; George Bush, Vice President; Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Commerce; Donald T. Regan, Secretary of the Treasury; Drew Lewis, Secretary of Transportation; William French Smith, Attorney General; James Watt, Secretary of the Interior; James Edwards, Secretary of Energy; Mac Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce; Dick Schweiker, Secretary of Agriculture; John R. Block, Secretary of Labor; Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense; Al Haig, Secretary of State; Samuel R. Pierce, Jr., Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Ted Bell, Secretary of Education; Jeanne Kirkpatrick, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Ed Meese, Counselor to the President; Bill Brock, U.S. Trade Representative; Dave Stockman, Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Bill Casey, Director of the C.I.A.
This was the first time that a woman was named as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. and the first time the C.I.A. Director was given Cabinet level status by a President.
Estimated Value $6,000 - 8,000.
From a former Reagan Administration staff member.
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