LOT 638 Archive of 25 Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson Admin.
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Archive of twenty-five (25) items related to the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), and President Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973), including birthday correspondence, Christmas cards, photographs, and other paper ephemera. 1st item: Printed card from Eisenhower to Master Dennis Harney, Forest Heights, MD, circa October 23, 1956. The card reads "Your kind birthday wishes mean a great deal to me. I am grateful for your message and deeply appreciate your thoughtfulness" with facsimile autopen Eisenhower signature below, Gold Seal of the President of the United States above. Includes The White House envelope with three cent White House stamp, postmarked Washington, D.C., October 23, 1956. Card - 3 5/8" H x 6 1/4" W. Envelope - 3 3/4" H x 6 5/8" W. 2nd-4th items: Three (3) Eisenhower administration Christmas cards, including one (1) depicting President George Washington, one (1) titled "Deserted Barn", and one (1) titled "Church in Bavaria". Each secured to mats with printed black autopen signature and lettering reading "Dwight D. Eisenhower" and dated Christmas 1954, 1958, and 1960, lower left. Sights ranging in size from 9 3/4" H x 14 1/8" W to 14 3/8" H x 10 5/8" W. Mats ranging in size from 13 3/8" H x 17 1/2" W to 17 1/4" H x 13 3/8" W. 5th-7th items: Three (3) Kennedy administration Christmas cards, including one (1) depicting the exterior of the White House, one (1) depicting the Green Room, and one (1) depicting the Red Room. Each with printed facsimile autopen signatures for John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Kennedy with seasonal greetings, dated 1961, 1962, and 1963. One (1) mounted to card stock. Ranging in size from 9 7/8" H x 13 3/8" W to 14" H x 17 1/4" W. 8th-10th items: Three (3) Johnson administration Christmas cards after paintings depicting the White House titled "Southwestern Willow", "The South Lawn", and "American Elm" by Robert Laessig (Ohio/New York/New Jersey, 1913-2010). Each with printed black autopen signatures and seasonal greetings, dated December 1964, 1965, and 1966, lower right. Signed "Robert Laessig A.W.S.", in the prints, lower left of images. Mounted to off white mat or card stock. Each approximately 13 1/8" H x 17 5/8" W. Mat - 14 7/8" H x 19 3/8" W. 11th item: Black and white photograph of Kennedy taken by Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr. (American, 1917-2010) with printed inscription reading "To my fellow sustaining member of the Democratic Party--" with facsimile autopen signature below. Housed under glass in a black wooden frame. Sight - 16 1/4" H x 12 1/4" W. Framed - 17 5/8" H x 13 3/4" W. 12th item: Black and white photograph of Kennedy taken by Louis Fabian Bachrach Jr., with facsimile signature below. 10 1/8" H x 8 1/8" W. 13th item: Black and white photograph of Kennedy. 10 1/8" H x 8 1/8" W. 14th item: Broadside of The Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy, as actually delivered on January 20, 1961 at Washington D.C. Housed under glass in a black wooden frame. Sight - 16 1/8" H x 12 1/4" W. Framed - 17 1/2" H x 13 5/8" W. 15th item: Booklet titled John Fitzgerald Kennedy: The Last Full Measure, reprinted from National Geographic, March 1964. 10 1/8" H x 7" W 1/8" D. 16th item: Color photograph depicting President Johnson, First Lady Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" (1912-2007), and their daughters Lynda Bird Johnson and Luci Baines Johnson in a sitting room setting. Mounted to card stock. Photograph -11 1/4" H x 8 3/4" W. Card stock - 16 1/4" H x 12" W. 17th item: Black and white photograph of President Johnson with facsimile autopen signature below. 7 1/4" H x 5 1/8" W. 18th item: Copy of The Democrat, Vol. VIII, No. 4, April-May 1968, featuring an article titled Lyndon B. Johnson: An historian's [sic] estimate by John P. Roche. 11 1/4" H x 8 5/8" W x 1/16" D. 19th-25th items: Eight (8) fragments of red and off white paper embossed with the Seal of the President of the United States. Some mounted to brown paper and cardboard. Fragments range in size from 4 7/8" H x 4 5/8" W to 14 7/8" H x 19 1/2" W. Mid 20th century. Provenance: Descended in the family of Kathleen D. Harney, Chief of the White House Press Releases Office, during four administrations.
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