The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript
The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript
Lot Closed
July 15, 02:56 PM GMT
Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
TRUMAN, HARRY S.
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT, C. LATE 1940S
280 by 354mm., black and white photograph by Chase-Statler, signed and inscribed ("Best wishes to Hon. Laurence A. Steinhardt | from Harry Truman"), photographer's stamp lower right corner and verso,
Laurence A. Steinhardt served as the United States ambassador to Canada (1948-1950) and Czechoslovakia (1945-1948) under Truman, and to Turkey (1942-1945), the Soviet Union (1939-1941) and Peru (1937-1939) under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
While serving as ambassador to Canada, Steinhardt was killed in a plane crash, becoming the first United States Ambassador to be killed in office
To view shipping calculator, please here