Lot 20
US Statesmen: Signed, Vintage, Double Weight Silver Nitrate Portraits of H. Hoover, Al Smith, D. Acheson, A. Stevenson and J. Snyder. Exceptional collection of fine vintage portrait photographs all signed with three having inscriptions. 1.) Herbert Hoover. President from 1929-1933, has signed his name in black fountain pen ink across the lightest part of his jacket in this lovely sepia toned portrait photograph 9 x 7", likely trimmed for publication from an 8 x 10". 2.) Superb sepia toned, 8 x 10" portrait of Alfred "Al" Smith boldly signed by the four-time Governor of New York and national figure for 30+ years. 3.) Signed, inscribed and dated (1963) 8 x 10" photo by the much admired Adlai Stevenson former Governor of Illinois and served on the committee to form the United Nations and later appointed as US Ambassador to the UN by Kennedy. 4.) Striking, double-weight premium portrait photo of Dean Acheson one of the most central and influential of Truman's cabinet as Secretary of State. He defined American foreign policy during the Cold War, architect of the Marshall Plan, a key player in the development of the Truman Doctrine and creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 13 x 10" silver nitrate print beautifully inscribed and signed in blue fountain pen ink to Thomas K. Finletter, Permanent Representative to NATO from 1961-65. 5.) Also inscribed and signed to Thomas K. Finletter is a beautiful 13 x 10" silver nitrate print by John W. Snyder, US Secretary of the Treasurer under Truman.
Exceptional signed photographs. Estimated Value $300 - 600
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