Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President, Signed Photograph!

Description

Up for sale is this
Dwight David Eisenhower
signed Photograph.
The size of this signed
Black & White Photograph
is 8” x 10”, (actually 7-15/16
x
9-15/16”).
This photograph is on a thick photo paper with an overall semi-gloss type finish.
The Photo is inscribed:
“For Arnie Brein with best wishes Dwight Eisenhower”
The signature itself has some light ink bleeding to the far right, as evidenced in the scans.
There is also some light foxing evident along the right border of the photograph.
Lastly there are four sets of staple holes along with stapler head impression marks all in the lower white border of the photograph.
I have highlighted the staple holes & impressions in orange on my scans.
The back of the photo has a purple stamped reproduction statement giving credit to the probable photographer.
“REPRODUCTION BY UNITED STATES ARMY
WITH PERMISSION OF DOROTHY WATSON,
INDAGO, CALIFORNIA”
The following is a brief background history for Dwight D. Eisenhower as reported by Wikipedia:
Dwight David
"
Ike
"
Eisenhower
(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the
34th
President of the United States
from 1953 to 1961. During
World War II
, he became a
Five-Star general in the Army
and served as
Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force
in Europe
.
He was responsible for planning and supervising the invasion of North Africa in
Operation Torch
in 1942–43 and the successful
invasion of Normandy
in 1944–45 from the
Western Front
.
Eisenhower was born and raised in
Abilene, Kansas
, in a large family of mostly
Pennsylvania Dutch
ancestry.
His family had a strong religious background.
He graduated from
West Point
in 1915 and later married
Mamie Doud
, with whom he had two sons.
After the United States entered World War II, Eisenhower
oversaw the invasions of North Africa and Sicily
before
supervising the invasions of France and Germany
.
After the war, he served as Army Chief of Staff (1945–1948), as president of
Columbia University
(1948–1953) and as the
first
Supreme Commander of NATO
(1951–1952).
In 1952, Eisenhower entered the presidential race as a
Republican
to block the isolationist foreign policies of Senator
Robert A. Taft
; Taft opposed NATO and wanted no foreign entanglements.
Eisenhower won that election and the 1956 election in landslides, both times defeating
Adlai Stevenson II
.
Eisenhower's main goals in office were to
contain the spread of
communism
and
reduce federal deficits
.
In 1953, he threatened to use nuclear weapons until China agreed to peace terms in the
Korean War
.
He continued
Harry S. Truman
's policy
of recognizing
Taiwan
as the legitimate government of China
.
His administration provided major aid to help the French fight off Vietnamese Communists in the
First Indochina War
.
After the French left, he
gave strong financial support to
the new state of
South Vietnam
.
He supported military coups in
Iran
and
Guatemala
orchestrated by his own administration.
During the
Suez Crisis
of 1956, he condemned the Israeli, British, and French invasion of Egypt, and he forced them to withdraw.
After the Soviet Union launched
Sputnik
in 1957, Eisenhower
authorized
the
establishment of
NASA
, which led to the
Space Race
.
He
approved the
Bay of Pigs invasion
, which was left to
John F. Kennedy
to carry out.
Eisenhower was a moderate conservative who continued
New Deal
agencies and
expanded Social Security
.
He covertly
opposed
Joseph McCarthy
and contributed to the end of
McCarthyism
by openly invoking executive privilege.
He
signed the
Civil Rights Act of 1957
and sent Army troops to enforce federal court orders which integrated schools in
Little Rock, Arkansas
.
His
largest program was the
Interstate Highway System
. He promoted the establishment of strong science education via the
National Defense Education Act
.
His two terms saw
widespread economic prosperity
except for a
minor recession in 1958
.
In his
farewell address to the nation
, he expressed his concerns about the
dangers of massive
military spending, particularly
deficit spending
and government contracts to private military manufacturers, which he dubbed "the
military–industrial complex
".
Historical evaluations of his presidency place him among the upper tier of American presidents.
This is your chance to own a piece of History, from one of the most loved and admired heroes of World War II.
A powerful President whose decisions helped shape the 1950’s and well into the 1960’s.
I will include
FREE
Priority Mail shipping with Insurance & Tracking for the full value of this item within the United States.
New Jersey Residents must add 6.625% Sales Tax.
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.
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