Rufus C. Dawes - World's Fair President, MSI - Autographed 3 x 5" Card, 1929 with Press Photo
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Rufus C. Dawes autographed 3 x 5" card, 1929. Personally inscribed. With additional unsigned vintage press photograph.
Shows minor moisture spot in inscription otherwise fine condition.
Rufus Cutler Dawes (July 30, 1867 – January 8, 1940) was an American businessman in oil and banking from a prominent Ohio family. He and his three brothers all became nationally known. In the 1920s he served as an expert on the commissions to prepare the Dawes Plan and the Young Plan to manage German reparations to the Allies after World War I.
He had most of his career in Chicago, where he was involved in civic organizations. He served as president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and from 1934-1940, as head of the World's Fair organization and the Museum of Science & Industry (MSI).
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Includes a full letter of authenticity from JG Autographs, Inc.
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