WEDEMEYER, Albert C (1897-1989)Biblio.com
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22709This American general was instrumental in planning the June 1944 invasion of Normany. TNS 1p 8" X 10½" Washington DC 1948 March 17. Addressed to John Alfred Blomgren. Very good. On Department of the Army letterhead Wedemeyer graciously transmits a signed photograph not present. Comes with a fine 8" X 10" glossy news agency photograph of 1947 showing Wedemeyer in civvies entering the White House "to report to President Truman on his recent mission in the Far East" -- itself a scarce image. A handsome pair. unknown
25968This physician and educator served as dean and chancellor of Stanford University's School of Medicine then served as Secretary of the interior under Hoover 1929-32 after which he became third president of Stanford 1933-43. TNS 1p 7" X 10½" Secretary of the Interior letterhead Washington DC 1932 March 29. Addressed to Charles T. White a Lincoln scholar and writer. Very good. Small and minor tape stain. Transmits "my recent address on LINCOLN." Accompanied by a TDS mimeographed copy of typed double-spaced address 5pp rectos only 8" X 10½". Very good. Mildly age toned with staple hole at upper left. Headlined "Speech by Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur Secretary of the Interior at the first annual Lincoln Day Dinner of the National Capital Republican Club Friday evening February 12 1932 Willard Hotel Washington D.C." Wilbur signs in full large and bold in blue ink across the top. A rousing patriotic talk near the end of Hoover's term in office with the Depression bearing down closing with: "We are on our way to repeat the election of 1864. People then talked and talked and then began to think and think and voted that Abraham Lincoln should stay in office just as they will do for Herbert Hoover." Could he have been more wrong Hoover of course lost to FDR in a landslide the following November 8. Quite unusual. unknown
25976Herbert Hoover's secretary of the interior 1929-32 went on to serve as dean and chancellor of Stanford University's School of Medicine. TNS 1p 7" X 10½" Washington DC 1931 September 28. Addressed to George P. Hambrecht noted Lincoln scholar founder of the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin and director of the Wisconsin State Board of Vocational Education. Near fine. "Thank you for your thoughtful kindness in sending me your appreciation of Abraham Lincoln. I am going to read it at my earliest opportunity." With original envelope. Comes with a fine 8" X 6" glossy news agency photograph of 1928 showing Republican presidential candidate Hoover with Wilbur and other trustees of Stanford University. A nice letter and a choice quite scarce period photograph. unknown
34586This Democratic politician was elected governor of Kansas 1931-33 before being appointed Assistant Secretary of War by FDR in 1933 a position he held until 1936 when he was appointed Secretary of War serving that post until 1940. TNS 1p 7" X 9" Washington DC 1933 June 15. Addressed to Louis Thuringer. Very good. On "The Assistant Secretary of War" letterhead the newly-appointed Woodring notes "I am pleased to add my autograph to your collection" signing large and bold. Accompanied by a superb and scarce original 8½" X 6" black-and-white news agency International News Photo glossy photograph. Printed text neatly affixed to verso titles the scene "Lindy and Anne Guests of Secretary of War" and dated 10 March 1934 it describes this group scene: Colonel Lindbergh was invited to Washington by Secretary of War George Dern to discuss Army aviation the conference was still in progress behind closed doors at noon but it was 'recessed' for luncheon at the home of Secretary Dern with Mrs. Lindbergh accompanying her husband to meet Mrs. Dern." Among the eleven guests standing for this informal portrait is Woodring his wife and Douglas MacArthur. A quite scarce photograph contemporaneous with this Woodring letter. unknown
30638The Hillbilly Heartthrob" an American country music singer remembered for such hits as "Live Fast Love Hard Die Young" and "Hello Walls"; elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2000; committed suicide. TNS 1p heavy stock 5½" X 3½" picture postcard n.p. Nashville TN postal cancellation n.y. 1962 January 11 postal cancellation. Addressed to Donald M. Burnell. Near fine. "Hi Donald" it notes "Sincere thanks for your nice letter" signed simply "Faron" large and bold in blue ballpoint. Verso features two side-by-side black and white portraits of Young. unknown
14325Influential Congregational clergyman and author who co-edited "Christian Union" with Henry Ward Beecher and succeeded Beecher as pastor of Brooklyn's famed Plymouth Congregational Church. Exceptional content TMsS 2pp 6" X 9" Cornwall-on-Hudson NY 1881 December 7. Very good. Original typescript of Abbott's contribution to Osborn H. Oldroyd's 1882 book "The Lincoln Memorial: Album-Immortelles" a collection of reminiscences and sentiments about Lincoln by notables of the day. Abbott carefully and neatly inks in words and phrases and crosses out others signing at the close unusually small and neat knowing this would be the actual signaturee reproduced in the book and adding the date and place. A fine philosophical statement reading in part: ".It was the peculiar genius of Abraham Lincoln that he was able by his sympathetic insight to perceive the change in public sentiment without waiting for it to be formulated in any legislative action; to keep pace with it to lead and direct it to quicken laggard spirits to hold in the too ardent too impetuous and too hasty ones and thus when he signed the emancipation proclamation to make his signature not the act of an individual man the edict of a military imperator but the representative act of a great nation." Accompanying this typescript is an actual page from Oldroyd's book bearing Abbott's statement pp. 81-82 and this reproduced signature. Accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed bearing his usual charismatic ebullient signature 1p 5½" X 8½" Cornwall-on-Hudson NY 1881 December 7. Addressed to Osborn H. Oldroyd. Near fine. Transmits this manuscript although "I have no faith that anything which I can say in respect to Abraham Lincoln would be worthy a place in your collection." A most intriguing pair. unknown
18072This Ohio democratic politician served that state as congressman 1918-21 and as their 53rd governor 1935-39. TMS 4pp onion skin sheets 8½" X 13 3/4" n.p. 1935 March 9. Very good. Small paper clip rust mark at upper left of first page. Original single-spaced typescript of the Ohio governor's irate speech titled "Radio Speech of Martin L. Davey Governor March 9th 1935" on the Federal Emergency Relief Administration programs within Ohio and his inability to exert any control over it. In part: "Many of you will recall that I made an issue of this relief situation in the campaign last year. I made a solemn promise to the people of Ohio to correct the abuses and to eliminate the waste and inefficiency. / .neither myself as Governor nor any agent of the State of Ohio has the slightest possibility of correcting any of the evils and waste and inefficiency that give rise to such wide-spread complaints. I am wholly unable to keep an earnest campaign promise to clean up this situation. / It is not my purpose to evade responsibility. I was perfectly willing to take all the blame that goes with executive power but when there is not the slightest power lodged in the Governor to correct the abuse and waste I am not willing to assume public responsibility for what is going on." A lengthy denunciation of the way in which New Deal programs were being carried out on the state level. Interestingly Davey's pre-gubernatorial business the Davey Tree Expert Company was one of the earliest to sponsor network radio programs -- thus Davey was well versed in the power of radio waves to influence constituents. Within weeks of taking office Davey -- whose tenure has been described as "one of the most extraordinary and bizarre periods in the annals of the Ohio governorship" -- began feuding with President Roosevelt. He accused the federal administration of relief in Ohio with being "cruel inhuman and wasteful" -- to which FDR accused Davey with corrupting relief efforts in Ohio. Roosevelt quoted federal relief administrator Harry L. Hopkins who maintained that Davey's campaign committee had solicited contributions to finance his inaugural ball from persons working with the Federal Relief Administration. Davey sought to have Hopkins arrested for criminal libel. Before the Ohio legislature Davey called Hopkins a coward and a liar and dared him to enter Ohio. This typescript clearly precedes this name-calling brouhaha for in it Davey discusses Hopkins and his agency in civil if not cordial terms. Chronologically this speech likely falls some time shortly after the beginning of the Davey-FDR feud and the FDR countercharges. Boldly signed by Davey at the conclusion. Fascinating and most unusual -- an important relic from this memorable Ohio political squabble. unknown
18019Popular American librettist who worked with Oscar Hammerstein on one stage score with Hammerstein's frequent collaborator Otto Harbach on Rudolf Friml's 1922 musical comedy "The Blue Kitten" etc. TMS 1p 8½" X 11" n.p. n.y. Near fine. Double-spaced typescript of one page from an unidentified work possibly a musical comedy -- a dialogue between Polly and Douglas. Duncan has pencilled out words and phrases here and there changed a word. He signs boldly in ink near the bottom. This came from the collection of Albert Johannsen author of "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" University of Oklahoma Press 1950 the definitive reference work and bibliography on the subject. Johannsen's original 8½" X 11" file folder bearing his printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label partly filled in by Johannsen accompanies this item. Johannsen was fond of requesting working manuscript pages from authors -- this Duncan leaf is clearly one such example. Most unusual and attractive -- and worthy of further research. unknown
41738This respected Amherst Massachusetts poet was a famously thrifty and eccentric New Englander called by Robert Frost America's most neglected poet; his first volume was "Stand With Me Here" 1936 and while he published few volumes his concise intense deeply personal verse gained him a loyal following. TMS on inner panel of a 6½" X 4½" heavy stock Christmas card n.p. n.y. Fine. Front glossy panel features color photograph of lit candles amidst sprigs of evergreen and poinsettias and "Season's Greetings" card against blue background; opening at top the lower inside panel displays a printed seasonal message in red while the blank upper panel features a greeting so carefully phrased it's not a stretch to consider it an unrhymed poem. Titled "For all the children in Mr. Bean's class" it reads: "Thank you thank you for your gifts -- the / Thanksgiving card and the Christmas card / the paperweight that you made and the stamps. / May Christmas bless you all. / With love" and boldly signed in black ballpoint. Most unusual one of a kind and quite attractive. Undated but likely of early 1980s vintage. unknown
26720Prolific American playwright novelist and screenplay writer "Bride of Frankenstein" 1935 "Imitation of Life" 1934. TMS 1p 8½" X 11" n.p. n.y. dated 1923 February 22 in pencil in another hand. Very good. Quite mild age toning; four-punched at left margin not affecting text. Page from "Act I" of Hurlbut's play "Hail and Farewell" which was filmed in 1925 under the title "The Heart of a Siren." This double spaced page notes "April 1870" and begins by setting the scene: "The scene is the terrace of a hotel at Nice looking out to sea." and proceeds with dialogue between Comtesse Chateauriand and Comtesse d'Avillier. Almost no handwritten corrections -- only several small pencilled grammatical changes. Along the bottom in light black fountain pen it is inscribed and signed: "This is a page from the first draft / of 'Hail & Farewell' you are more / than welcome to it if it will make / a part of your collection / William Hurlbut." From the collection of Albert Johannsen 1871-1962 a University of Chicago geology professor who authored "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" University of Oklahoma Press 1950 the definitive reference work and bibliography on the subject and accompanied by Johannsen's original 8½" X 11" file folder bearing a printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label partly filled in by Johannsen. unknown
40509This well-rounded California pastor railroad man actor playwright and lecturer was a popular short story writer and novelist "Those Who Have Come Back" 1914 "Tongues of Flame" 1924 and penned the scripts for the films "Guiles of Women" 1921 starring Will Rogers and "A Pair of Hellions" 1924. TMS 1p 8½" X 11" Pacific Grove CA 1923 March 8. Near fine. Actual working draft page p. 23 from a short story titled "Mercy" which was published in the May 1923 issue of "Cosmopolitan" magazine. Typed double spaced with numerous additions deletions and corrections. Along the wide right margin vertically Macfarlane signs large and bold in full in black ink adding date and place and noting "a page from the MS of / 'Mercy' Cosmopolitan for / May 1923." Content concerns a minister named Robert N. Mason confessing a sexual crime to a friend George Fawcett during a nighttime drive through what seems suspiciously like heading north from Macfarlane's home in Pacific Grove: In part "The city of E____ enjoys a climate that has bland moments. This was one of them. It was a black velvety all-enveloping sort of night -- the very night for confidences; and the car was turned north away from the city away from the lights away north endlessly north into the open country. The minister apparently suffering the greatest distress with something upon his heart that demanded expression seemed nevertheless quite unable to utter himself." Interestingly about a year after this was signed on June 9 1924 Macfarlane bought a gun at a local gun shop said goodbye to wife and children and drove north to San Francisco where he put a bullet in his head outside the San Francisco morgue. The reason for his suicide at age 53 Diabetes. From the collection of Professor Albert Johannsen author of "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" University of Oklahoma Press 1950 the definitive reference work and bibliography on the subject. Johannsen requested working draft pages from authors so it's possible this manuscript leaf predates its 1923 date by quite a bit. Also present is Johannsen's original 8½" X 11" file folder bearing his printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label partly filled in by Johannsen. unknown
26753This prolific novelist's Westerns are highly praised for their authenticity; his first book was "The Range Riders" short stories 1911 and first novel was "The Two Gun Man" 1911 and dozens followed; many ended up on the silent screen with screenplays penned by Seltzer. TMS 1p 8½" X 11" n.p. n.y. ca. 1923. Near fine. Double spaced large margined typescript of page 14 of a manuscript titled "Sunset." Seltzer signs large and bold in black ink across the lower margin and in the large left margin adds "Page from / Latest work / entitled 'Sunset." In the right margin Seltzer has penned a few small ink text corrections. Fine example of a working page from what appears to be a fairly finished draft. Either this novel was never published or it was published under a different title for no Selzter novel titled "Sunset" was ever published. From the collection of University of Chicago geology professor Albert Johannsen 1871-1962 author of "The House of Beadle and Adams and Its Dime and Nickel Novels" 1950 the definitive reference work and bibliography on the subject. Johannsen's original 8½" X " file folder bearing his printed "Collection of Albert Johannsen" label partly filled in by Johannsen accompanies this item. unknown
41549This Hoosier attorney turned writer cranked out potboilers -- dime novels also known as "penny dreadfuls" -- under a variety of pseudonyms for a variety of publishers in the late 19th century whereupon he became a minister and teacher and continued to pen young adult and mainstream fiction such as "Barbara a Woman of the West" 1903 "The Rainbow Chasers" 1904 and other novels. TMS 1p 8½" X 11" Nashville TN 25 March 1923. Very good. Faint edgewear and age toning. A bold and handsome typescript prepared by Whitson of his four-stanza poem "At the Call of the Whistle." This sentimental but sensitive ode to the coming of Spring contrasts new life with the pain of young death: "All things I'd give dear child if you could watch this Spring's returning! / But hark! e'en as I'm wishing it the whistle calls for you." It closes on a surprisingly morbid melancholy note: "So with the Spring we may not walk. Dear heart 'tis useless grieving; / The stony world cares not at all and the dear Lord is so far." Whitson crosses out and changes two words in the text "silver" becomes "bridal" and "must" becomes "will" and at the close he signs in full adding "Ward-Belmont" city and date as well. Whitson taught at the Ward-Belmont school for girls a tony finishing school from 1920 to 1923. Whitson published many poems in many publications but it's quite uncommon to find anything in his hand. unknown
39659This huge corruption investigation of the 1980s involved the FBI IRS USPS Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies and resulted in a large number of indictments and convictions of judges lawyers sheriffs police officers and court officials -- among the top of which was this federal judge convicted of extorting $200000 in "loans" from those under him; his 18-year sentence was later reduced to 13 years and he was released in 1990. TLS 5pp rectos only 8½" X 11" Oxford WI 1987 December 29. Addressed to a Chicago publisher. Very good. Two faint original fold lines and 3/4" edge tear at right margin. Writing from prison Holzer congratulates this Chicago publisher on his success then boldly states: ".allow me to introduce myself. I am a prisoner at the Federal Prison Camp Oxford Wisconsin." Interestingly when Holzer was sentenced for his crimes he remarked 'I stand before you a convicted felon exhausted disrobed and defeated. . I have committed crimes. Those crimes have destroyed me. They have wounded my family beyond measure and confused my friends. . There are no words to express my loss my remorse my grief.'' But in this letter he recaps his career then paints Operation Greylord in a different light: "I became in 1985 one of more than seventy judges lawyers and court personnel to find himself the target of a wide-ranging investigation tagged 'Operation Greylord' by the prosecutors and press followed by the inevitable indictment. after a newsy six-week trial I was of course found guilty on most counts. In the media-hyped atmosphere of the day a finding of innocent would have been impossible." The remainder of this lengthy letters is not a legal expose "but I'm ready to take on that assignment next" but rather a description of his novel "Leviticus 18" -- "the story of a Jewish family who lived in the town of Oswiecim Polish Austria-Hungary nestled in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains about thirty-five miles west of Krakow. The action occurs roughly between 1880 and 1910." Interesting and unusual with direct reference to the scandal that ruined his career. unknown
194128255Croton-on-Hudson 1941. Brief 1-pp TLS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson letterhead addressed to a "Mr. Simon" dated November 14 1941. Single holograph correction in Eastman's hand. Mailing folds; slightly toned at margins; Very Good. Regarding the recipient's letter to the Reader's Digest of September 24 Eastman had been hired as an editor for the conservative publication earlier in the same year. The subject appears to be the institution of the death penalty in the Soviet Union: ".Nobody questions the fact that the death penalty was decreed for theft of 'socialist property' and the extension of all penalties to children twelve years old automatically extends that one. I am sorry to say I can not tell you offhand when the previous decree was issued but I think it was the Spring of 1934. unknown
42167This famed Chicago utility company executive began with the Chicago Telephone Company around the turn of the century and by 1922 when this had morphed into Illinois Bell Telephone Company he served as its president until 1930 and then as chairman of the Board 1930-34; in 1930 he became president of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. TLS 1p 8" X 11" Chicago IL 26 September 1929. Addressed to Waldemar Kaempffert Director of the Rosenwald Industrial Museum in Chicago. Very good. Lightly age toned and mildly edgeworn with original folds visible and slight mounting trace not affecting text at upper left. On "Illinois Bell Telephone Company" letterhead listing him as president Abbott writes to the just-named first director of this museum founded and funded by Sears Roebuck Company president and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald which the following year would be renamed the Museum of Science and Industry and would have a new director. Abbott goes into great detail about "the New York Telephone rate case" of 1921 which involved "the estimated savings effected in New York City by the use of the Pupin loading coil" and other technicalities; he closes by offering Kaempffert "The following pamphlets giving information as to Bell System activities." and spells out their titles. Boldly signed "W.R. Abbott" in black ink at lower right. Whether this business somehow involved the museum is unclear though likely -- and fascinating in any case. unknown
40793This lawyer and oil company executive served in the Spanish-American War and as New York police commissioner from 1895 to1898; as a general in the U.S. Army he served with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War One assistant chief of staff to General John J. Pershing. TLS 1p 8¼" X 10½" n.p. 1918 December 19. Addressed to Joseph Cummings Chase 1891-1954. Very good. Lightly age toned with original folds. On typed "General Headquarters / American Exppeditionary Forces / First Section -- General Staff" stationery Andrews send this "personal and unofficial note in part to express my sincere appreciation of your work in painting my portrait this morning and partly to express also unofficially the hope that arrangements may be made for the reproduction in suitable form of all the portraits which you may paint of officers of the A.E.F." Boldly signed in brown ink. Chase had been commissioned by the A.E.F. to paint portraits of commanding generals and hero doughboys -- and they were indeed reproduced in suitable form in the 1920 book "Soldiers All: Portraits and Sketches of the Men of the A.E.F." New York: George H. Doran Company with a biographical entry about Andrews on page 429 and the portrait referred to in this letter on page 430. unknown
42715The great English actor filmmaker playwright and author won an Academy Award in 1930 for "Disraeli" -- the first Briton to do so -- and is best known for portrayals of this and other historical figures. TLS 1p 7" X 9" London England 21 February 1944. Addressed to "Drucie" Drusilla Pierce a Los Angeles friend. Very good. Faint original folds. On imprinted "George Arliss" letterhead Arliss chats cordially with an old friend noting "that you are fairly well except for your legs. The only advantage you gain is that you are able to get into friendly intercourse with the crossing-cops. You will be glad to know that our London policemen are still wonderful." Of the current London theatre scene he comments: "I know very little about theatrical conditions here because Flo's sight prevents us from going to the theatre. We had one break however when we went to see the Lunts who have made a tremendous success over here. It was certainly a beautiful performance." Signed simply "George" in blue ink. Alfred and Lynn Fontanne opened a production of Robert E. Sherwood's "There Shall Bo No Night" in London's Aldwych Theatre on December 15 1943 and it's no doubt this performance to which Arliss refers. Attractive -- an interesting glimpse into Arliss's life near its end when war and sickness curtailed his activities! unknown
28553The renowned American Beaux-Arts architect famed for New York City's AT & T Building MIT's Cambridge campus Theodore N. Vail's mansion Morristown NJ and much of the noted Rockefeller family estate Kykuit Tarrytown NY spent much of the 1920s and '30s in France where patron John D. Rockefeller Jr. placed him in charge of the restoration of the Palace of Versailles and Notre-Dame de Reims. TLS 1p 8½" X 9" New York NY 1924 July 2. Addressed to Dr. Samuel W. Stratton president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1861-1931 noted University of Chicago physicist who created the Bureau of Standards. Near fine. Just a few years after completing MIT's campus its creator writes to MIT's president "It is a great pleasure to hear from you and to know that you are going to be accessible all summer. I am of course involved just now in clearing up accumulations during my long absence but look forward to an early date when I can come over to Boston to see you." Handsomely signed. Bosworth was an MIT graduate by the way -- class of 1889. A quite uncommon autograph. unknown
24585This interesting literary character founded the R.R. Bowker Company which still exists in 1872 co-founded "Library Journal" which also still exists in 1876 and acquired "Publishers' Weekly" you guessed it in 1879 -- among other lasting bookish and bibliographic endeavors. TLS 1p 5½" X 8½" New York NY 1923 January 17. Addressed to "R.U.J." editor Robert Underwood Johnson 1853-1937. Flowery tribute to his friend on the occasion of Johnson's seventieth birthday. In part: "Certainly your 70 years have been crowded and crowned with honors as Secretary of the American Copyright League whose work will I hope be crowned by our entrance into the International Copyright Union before we pass over to the majority; as Editor of the Century; as Scribe of the Immortals himself immortalized in contiguity; and finally as Ambassador from his beloved country to the land of his love." This last refers to Johnson's 1920-21 term as U.S. ambassador to Italy. An unusual item from one giant in the world of editing to another. unknown
31347In 1927 this surgeon and urologist founded the revolutionary Hitchcock Clinic in Hanover New Hampshire -- the nation's first multi-speciality group practice -- and became its president in 1943 for many years; from 1927 until 1945 he also served as dean of the Dartmouth Medical School. TLS 1p 5½" X 8½" Hanover NH 1967 April 14. Addressed to Basil O'Connor 1892-1972 FDR's well-known law partner. Very good. Two file holes along top not affecting text. On "Hitchcock Clinic" letterhead Bowler regrets missing O'Connor's 75th birthday party. In part: "A flagrant imposition -- but I am sending under separate cover a copy of proceedings at your 75th birthday luncheon in New York. Will you autograph it for me I would like to leave it for my grandchildren -- that I knew such a man. I regretted missing it more than I can tell you -- was starting on my way but big storm and no planes and got stuck. I have never read a comparable list of honors and decorations for contributions for the good of humanity. You must be very happy and can be justly proud." Boldly signed "Jack Bowler" in blue fountain pen. A handsome little medical item. unknown
31339American editor author and playwright well known for his many "Saturday Evening Post" appearances. TLS 1p 8¼" X 11" Groton NY 1956 October 5. Addressed to George Gianetti. Very good. Bit of wear; minor tape stains on verso. Delightful note to an admirer: "While I hope you live as long as I have and longer I hope you won't get as beat-up looking and feeling. There must be some way of avoiding it if you begin young. some 20 years ago a magazine editor friend of mine asked me for a photo to run with some advertising. I sent him the best I had. Then he wrote back. asking me if I didn't have one with hair on. Since I was bald before I ever met him I decided to really surprise him. So I went to a photographer and had a picture made with hair on my head. Around the Saturday Evening Post editorial rooms this was considered rather funny. here is one of them. Like the girl who wasn't named Miss America I wish I were better looking." Bold full signature. Accompanied by the aforementioned photograph: IPS 10" X 8" n.p. n.y. Very good. Absolutely delightful closeup of a very bald Brooks in pullover sweater and tie at the right facing left and looking into a small wall mirror which faces the photo's viewer -- in which Brooks' reflection WITH A FULL HEAD OF HAIR gazes out! A superb example of dark room trickery. In a light area of his sweater at the photo's lower right he boldly inscribes and signs in black ink: "For / George Gianetti / with my best wishes / Geo S Brooks." The most fun and unusual signed photograph we've ever handled -- and we've handled a great many. unknown
19983Noted Chicago medical figure -- as Chicago's long-time coroner was the chief investigator into the St. Valentine's Day massacre February 14 1929 and was on the scene within a half hour of the slaughter; he later served as the president of the Chicago Board of Health. TLS 1p 8½" X 11" Chicago IL 1958 January 14. Addressed to Warren A. Reeder. Near fine. On Board of Health letterhead Bundesen declines an invitation to speak before the Hammond Indiana Board of Realtors: ".we are so short of personnel in the Department and I have so many commitments due to the pressure of time I will have to deprive myself of this privilege." Large full signature in blue ballpoint. Rather uncommon. unknown
27452Popular French operatic tenor. TLS in French 1p 8½" X 11" Paris France 1967 January 16. Addressed to Irving Schwerke 1893-1975 American pianist and music critic. Near fine. Not translated but a chatty letter to his old American friend who was an expatriate in the 1920s and '30s but had repatriated to Wisconsin by this time -- mentions what he's doing. being in excellent health at age 75. having three children ages 18 16 and 14 etc. With original envelope addressed in Burdino's hand. unknown
20894This physicist served as the second director of the National Bureau of Standards 1923-32 and is highly regarded for his work in standardizing light and temperature scales. TLS 1p 8" X 10½" Washington DC 1927 November 2. Addressed to Samuel W. Stratton 1861-1931 creator and first director of the Bureau of Standards. Very good. Lightly age toned. On Department of Commerce letterhead Burgess writes his predecessor in his capacity as president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology on a bizarre subject: "We appreciate very much the splendid spirit of cooperation which our representatives. received during their recent visit to your Institute in connection with the laundry deterioration problem. your Research Laboratory of Applied Chemistry were particularly kind in lending every possible effort to aid us in this study." Talk about airing your dirty laundry. Unusual. unknown
