Four mid/late 19th century albums containing two hundred and forty (240) photographic images including portrait CDVs and landscapes in Wales, Venice and India. 1st-3rd items: Three (3) small albums with one hundred and fifty-one (151) cartes de visite (CDVs) and albums prints pasted to cards. The images depict individuals such as Queen Victoria, family groups, […]
Lot 767: WWI painting "For the Freedom of the People"
World War I Propaganda Illustration oil on canvas painting titled "For the Freedom of the People". Depicts Allies President Woodrow Wilson, Tsar Nicholas, French Prime Minister George Clemenceau, and an Italian Bersaglieri with plumed helmet, sword and flag; all standing around a cannon, in front of a composite style landscape with soldiers, American and other […]
Lot 764: 48 Early Pinback Buttons incl. What Did The Woggle Bug Say?; Santas and Suffrage
Grouping of 48 early buttons, including one (1) 1896 Wizard of Oz "What did the Woggle Bug Say" button, four (4) Santa buttons, three (3) Women's Suffrage buttons, eighteen (18) Napoleon and Perfection cigarette & Cracker Jack "Pretty Lady" buttons, one (1) Charmion, one (1) Salvation Army Founder Booth, and twenty (20) miscellaneous buttons. Sizes […]
Lot 765: 46 Early Pinback Buttons, incl. Beer, Baseball, Firemen
Collection of forty-six (46) early pinback buttons including five (5) P.B. Ale "Oh Be Jolly" & other beer buttons, five (5) assorted fireman buttons, seven (7) baseball buttons (six (6) Sweet Caporal) including Hall of Fame recipients "Home Run Baker" and "3 Finger Brown", assorted food, flour and other buttons. Sizes range from 7/8" to […]
Lot 763: 33 Early Political Pinback Buttons incl. T. Roosevelt & Others
Collection of thirty-three (33) early political pinback buttons, some presidential examples including Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, and others. Sizes range from 5/8" to 1 1/4" dia. Late 19th/early 20th century. Provenance: Private East TN collection. CONDITION: Most pins are in good to excellent condition. Some have light scratching. […]
Lot 761: 5 Truman Christmas Gifts, incl. Hand Signed Photograph
Five (5) Truman administration Christmas gifts, given to his White House presidential staff during his terms in office. 1st item: Truman signed photographic White House Christmas Card depicting the President and the First Lady Bess Truman boarding Air Force One. Hand signed by both in ink with black printed lettering reading "Christmas 1946" lower center. […]
Lot 762: 20 JFK Family Photographs, incl. C. Stoughton
Twenty (20) John F. Kennedy administration era photographs, including Cecil W. Stoughton. 1st item: One (1) photograph depicting President John. F. Kennedy watching his children Caroline Bouvier Kennedy and John. F. Kennedy, Jr. in the oval office. 2nd-5th items: Four (4) copies of a photograph taken by Cecil W. Stoughton (American, 1920-2008) depicting the Kennedy […]
Lot 760: Framed Woodrow Wilson Items, incl. TLS, Signed Photo
Framed collection of four (4) Woodrow Wilson items. 1st item: TLS. One page typed letter. From President-Elect Woodrow Wilson, State of New Jersey, to Judge John Allison, Nashville, TN, dated February 20, 1913. Typed on State of New Jersey, Executive Department stationary. Wilson writes "My dear Judge:-Of course your name would be considered in presented […]
Lot 758: 2 Jackson items, incl. Printed Silk Broadside, 2nd Inauguration Speech
Two (2) President Andrew Jackson items, including a Printed Silk Broadside of his 2nd Inauguration Speech, and a lithograph portrait. 1st item: Broadside printed on silk with United States President Andrew Jackson's (1767-1845) second inaugural speech, delivered March 4, 1833. The speech, delivered to a large assembly inside the Hall of the House of Representatives […]
Lot 759: Historical TN items, incl. Gov. W. Blount Signed, Acts of TN
One (1) Willie Blount Tennessee Governor Signed Land Grant, and three (3) "Acts of Tennessee" books, including 1861, 1881, 1895, 4 items total. 1st item: Governor of Tennessee Willie Blount (1768-1835) and Secretary William Grainger Blount (1784-1827) signed land document, No. 4008, granting James Tatum assignee of the Joseph Eaton "ten acres lying in Dickson […]