Vintage matte-finish 10 x 13 Hessler Supreme Court portrait, signed and inscribed in fountain pen, “To my esteemed Brother Harlan F. Stone, with happy remembrances and with high hopes of many years of common labors and keen enjoyment of wines and cheese and other evidences of the arts of man. Felix Frankfurter 3 June 1939,” with a studio notation above the inscription. In fine, bright condition. In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Frankfurter as a Supreme Court justice. Frankfurter took a strong stand on individual civil rights, leading some to label him as an ‘extreme liberal,’ however he upset many radicals by refusing to protect socialists and communists blacklisted during the onslaught of McCarthyism. His ‘brother’—Harlan F. Stone—served on the High Court for 20 years and also defended civil liberties and individual rights against a conservative court majority. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.
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