"PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS/INAUGURAL DINNER" 1945 PROGRAM TO HONOR FDR AND TRUMAN.
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$229.60 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction #202 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1553 in auction 202
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Item Description
8.5x11". Red, white and blue string binding. Colorful/embossed Presidential Seal on cover. Lt. narrow couple of inches of stain on extreme right cover edge. Dinner was held January 19, 1945 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. High quality full page engravings of FDR/Truman with facsimile signatures. Last line of menu page reads "The Havana Cigars Are With The Compliments Of His Excellency, Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin, President of Cuba." Listed "Guests of Honor" include FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt/"The Vice President of the United States Henry A. Wallace and Mrs. Wallace/The Vice President Elect of the United States Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Truman." Followed by the Chief Justice Harlan Stone/Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn/Mrs. Woodrow Wilson/Secretary of State/Chief Justices and Cabinet Members. Program includes "Greetings from the President/Toast to the President/Presentation of the Vice President of the United States/Presentation of Vice President Elect Harry S. Truman by Vice President Henry A. Wallace." Also listed are seven names under a heading of "Salutation to Electors who voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt four times for President." Contents N. Mint. Very limited attendance. Rare.
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