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Lot #49
First Ladies

They slept with the presidents

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They slept with the presidents

Fourteen items, each signed in ink or felt tip by a first lady: Lucretia R. Garfield (card dated 1891); Edith K. Roosevelt (large album page); Helen H. Taft (card); Grace Coolidge (two items: card dated 1929, White House card); Edith Bolling Wilson (two items: card, franking signature on 1924 mailing envelope); Eleanor Roosevelt (1960 event program); Bess Truman (1954 TLS); Mamie Eisenhower (1971 TLS with original mailing envelope); Lady Bird Johnson (FDC); and individual photos signed and inscribed by Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan, and Barbara Bush. In fine condition overall, with mild scattered handling wear, postmark to Wilson frank, and folds, toning, and small tears to E. Roosevelt program. R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #323 - Ended July 18, 2007