Online Inventory

A - M

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A

Arthur, Chester A. - large postmaster appointment document signed with a beautiful 4½” signature, 2-24-1885

B

Queen Beatrix - beautiful photograph of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and her consort, the late Prince Claus

Black, Hugo L. - very fine condition signed Supreme Court card with original mailing envelope, unframed

Bradley, Omar N. - inscribed, signed photograph by Fabian Bachrach

Bradley, Omar N. - inscribed, signed photograph

Brandeis, Louis D. - autograph letter signed, as Associate Justice, with Zionist content 10-25-1928

Brandeis, Louis D. - signature, place, and date as Supreme Court Justice, together with original Supreme Court envelope addressed by Brandeis

Brandeis, Louis D. - autograph sentiment

Brennan, William J., Jr. - scarce autograph note signed to the clerk of the Supreme Court expressing condolences on his father’s death, unframed

Brennan, William J., Jr. - signature

Bridges, Styles - typed note signed

Burger, Warren E. - exceptional book containing Burger’s selection of his most significant Supreme Court opinions, boldly inscribed and signed

Burger, Warren E. - rare autograph letter signed, as Chief Justice, to the clerk of the Supreme Court, 6-11-1980, unframed

Burger, Warren E. - bold signature clipped from a letter, unframed

Bush, George H. W. - political content typed letter signed 4-1-1980

Butler, Pierce - autograph letter signed, as Associate Justice, with original autograph envelope, unframed

Byrd, Harry Flood, Sr. - typed letter signed 3-6-1958

C

Cabell, Edward Carrington - autograph letter signed 1-5-1851

Chandler, Albert B. "Happy" - typed letter signed 2-26-1940

Churchill, Clementine S. - typed letter signed 2-1-1952, on stationery of 10 Downing Street

Clark, Tom C. - magnificent 3/4 length portrait photograph of Clark, as Associate Justice, by Fabian Bachrach, inscribed and signed to Truman aide Clark Clifford and his wife, Marny, December 1949

Clark, Tom C. - signed cacheted first day cover honoring the 175th anniversary of the adoption of the Bill of Rights

Cleveland, Grover - choice very early legal document, filled out and signed by Cleveland in 1858

Cleveland, Grover  - post-presidential autograph letter signed with excellent content regarding Cleveland’s reluctance to comment on public issues

Coolidge, Calvin - beautiful inscribed, signed portrait photograph

Coolidge, Calvin - signed White House vignette engraving

D

Dearborn, H. A. S. - partially printed document signed by Dearborn and Thomas Melvill, a participant in the Boston Tea Party, 5-12-1818, unframed

Dirksen, Everett McKinley - typed letter signed 1-12-1959

Dirksen, Everett McKinley - typed letter signed 7-28-1961

Dirksen, Everett McKinley - typed letter signed 4-16-1962

Douglas, William O. - bold signature on a card, unframed

E

Edison, Thomas A. - Edison’s own stock certificate for shares in the Edison Portland Cement Company, signed twice, once with the very scarce signature “Thomas A Edison” and once with “Thos A Edison”

Edison, Thomas A. - excellent content autograph letter signed, 1-19-1923, discussing Edison’s storage battery, his most profitable product

Edison, Thomas A. - typed letter signed 9-15-1924

King Edward VIII - document signed as Prince of Wales 1-1-1919

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - excellent political content typed letter signed as presidential candidate, 8-20-1952, to maverick Oregon Senator Wayne Morse, mentioning Nixon and the “tough fight we are facing,” unframed

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - typed letter signed as President-Elect 12-23-1952, referring to the “high privilege” of being President

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - typed letter signed as President-Elect 1-14-1953

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - rare White House typed letter signed, “Uncle Ike,” to his great niece, 3-11-1957, with artist content, unframed

Eisenhower, Dwight D. - rare post-presidential typed letter signed, “Uncle Ike,” to his great niece, 4-4-1956, unframed

[Eisenhower, Dwight D.] - Kay Summersby - scarce World War II dated typed letter signed as aide to General Eisenhower

Eisenhower, Mamie - poignant autograph letter signed by the widowed Mamie, referring to Dwight’s death and saying how “sadly” she misses him, 11-17-1970

F

Farley, James A. - typed letter signed 3-3-1955

Ford, Gerald R. - excellent content typed letter signed, 7-12-1957, referring to the greatness of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and anticipating the 1960 election

Ford, Gerald R. - typed letter signed as House Minority Leader, 5-11-1971

Frankfurter, Felix - typed letter signed 2-21-1940 declining to comment on an issue

Frankfurter, Felix - World War II content typed letter signed on Supreme Court stationery, 11-27-1940

Fuller, Melville W. - autograph letter signed to Elbridge T. Gerry, grandson of the signer of the Declaration of Independence, 8-14-1907

G

Garfield, James A. - scarce, magnificent 4” x 6” cabinet photograph boldly signed

Garfield, James A. - excellent election content manuscript letter signed, as the Republican presidential nominee, shortly before the 1880 election, 9-30-1880

Gatty, Harold, and Wiley Post - photograph signed in person by both Post and Gatty just after their record setting 8-day around-the-world flight in 1931

King George V - signed naval appointment document countersigned by Prince Louis of Battenberg, also known as Louis Mountbatten, grandfather of Prince Philip

Glenn, John H., Jr. - inscribed, signed photograph as Mercury astronaut

Göring, Hermann - Great association World War II-dated typed letter signed to Nazi idealogue Alfred Rosenberg regarding the political organization of the Soviet Union, 10-28-1940

Grant, Ulysses S. - personal check signed twice, once with initials, as President-Elect 12-7-1868

Gruenther, General Alfred M. - typed letter signed 2-4-1957

Gruenther, General Alfred M. - typed letter signed 4-10-1957

H

Harding, Warren G. - typed White House letter signed, 12-4-1922, unframed

Harrison, Benjamin - prepresidential check, payable to “Self,” boldly signed

Harrison, Benjamin - typed letter signed refusing an interview with McClure’s Magazine, probably about the Spanish-American War, 5-28-1898

Harrison, Benjamin - typed letter signed declining to attend a dinner out of concern for being quoted, 2-14-1900, unframed

Hayes, Rutherford B. - postmaster appointment document 2-16-1881

Heydrich, Reinhard - rare early signed book from Heydrich’s personal library, with his bookplate and a signature predating his membership in the Nazi SS

Himmler, Heinrich - Extraordinarily rare SS presentation photograph album, signed by Himmler, commemorating the visit of a Nazi colonel to the prison camp at Dachau

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. - very scarce legal content autograph letter signed as Massachusetts justice, 11-1-1894, unframed

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. - crisp autograph letter signed as Justice to the editor of The Congregationalist 7-16-1911, unframed

Hoover, Herbert - outstanding association White House typed letter signed regarding Hoover’s plan to postpone repayment of international debt to the United States in order to save Germany from utter economic collapse, 6-23-1931, unframed

Hoover, Herbert - typed letter signed referring to his speech on the Communist threat to the United nations, 8-25-1962, unframed

Houdini, Harry - typed letter signed 4-4-1922, unframed

Humphrey, Hubert - typed letter signed 12-9-1959

I

Irwin, James B. - excellent inscribed, signed color photograph of Irwin, the 8th man on the moon, saluting the American flag on the lunar surface

J

Jackson, Robert H. - typed letter signed 9-4-1939

Johnson, Andrew - very scarce manuscript note signed as President relating to the shipment of arms, unframed

Johnson, Lady Bird - extra fine condition signed White House engraving with an inscription promoting her pet beautification projects

K

No current online images.

See the Presidents, Supreme Court, American History, and World History pages for available items not imaged online.

L

No current online images.

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M

Marshall, George C. - inscribed, signed photograph

Mayo, Charles H. and William J. Mayo - pristine dual signed composite photograph of the renowned physicians, co-founders of the world-famous Mayo Clinic, unframed

Mayo, William J. - book inscribed and signed by the co-founder of the Mayo Clinic

McKinley, William - beautiful large document signed as Governor of Ohio 4-6-1895

McReynolds, James C. - typed letter signed on Supreme Court stationery, 7-10-1917

Melvill, Thomas - partially printed document signed by Melvill, a participant in the Boston Tea Party, and H. A. S. Dearborn 5-12-1818, unframed

Minton, Sherman - autograph letter signed 12-14-1939

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