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Photo Cards Presidents + Teddy Roosevelt Photo

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Two 1889 Photo Cards of Presidents & Roosevelt Photo

c. 1889, Lot of 2 Photo Cards of American Presidents up to 1889, plus a High Quality Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, Choice Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
1. 1889, "Presidents of the Century," photo card with small oval portraits of the first 23 American presidents, through Benjamin Harrison. This 6.5" x 4" card has an 1889 copyright date, but no publisher is noted. Aside from trivial chipping to the lower corners and a .25" crease in the top margin, this card is in excellent condition.
2. Undated and unsigned 4" x 6.5" card, probably from the same series as the previous card, inscribed, "Washington's Inaugural Address," probably produced for the Centennial of his first inauguration in 1789. There are a few light brown spots in the lower part of the card, otherwise it is in great condition.
3. Undated, high quality, 7" x 5" print of a head and shoulders photograph of Theodore Roosevelt, probably during his presidency. Though clearly made from an original negative, this is a modern printing. This sharply detailed photograph is in Near Mint condition. Most of the portraits on the first two cards were made from paintings, as photography was not in wide use until the 1850's. (3 items).



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