Lot 267
New York Governors, Labor, and FBI Leaders. Collection of seven signatures: Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971) Governor of New York and twice presidential candidate, on the verso of a postcard; Averell Harriman (1891-1986) Governor of New York, ambassador to the UK and the Soviet Union, on a New York Executive Mansion card; Herbert H. Lehman (1882-1963), Governor of New York, signature and best wishes to Janet, in pencil, on 2½ x 5 in. paper; Lee de Forest (1873-1961), scientist who invented the vacuum tube, on a 3¼ x 5½ in. card; John L. Lewis (1880-1969), president of the United Mine Workers, on a 3¼ x 5½ in. card; with a 1936 glossy 8 x 10 in. B&W photo of Lewis with FDR and the White House secretary in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; J. Edgar Hoover on autograph card as Director of the FBI, and a TLS, 1 page, on FBI letterhead, 9 ¼ x 7 in., Washington, Oct. 3, 1942, to Stanton Sweeney at the American Federation of Labor, thanking him for copies of resolutions adopted by the Indiana State Federation of Labor, and for the appreciation shown by Resolution No. 6, "…when there has been such a concerted effort to…cast suspicion on…the FBI by groups who are uninformed…."
Estimated Value $200 - 250.
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