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An antique autograph book, with red velvet cover which was handed down through the generations of an extremely well-connected family, who selectively asked influential people of the day to autograph it.
Some of the autographs in this book are some of the nicest examples that we have seen from some of these people. It obviously was something that they took seriously when they signed it, likely at dinner parties and other engagements. Many of the authors added quotes or poetry, and others added the date or other inscriptions after their signatures.
The autograph book is signed by TWELVE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS:
Chester Arthur.
Grover Cleveland.
Calvin Coolidge.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Benjamin Harrison.
Herbert Hoover.
Lyndon Johnson.
William McKinley.
Theodore Roosevelt.
William Taft.
Harry Truman.
Woodrow Wilson.
FIVE FIRST LADIES:
Francis (Frankie) Cleveland.
Caroline Lavina Scott Harrison (Founder Daughters American Revolution).
Ida Saxton McKinley.
Helen Taft.
Edith Wilson.
And TWENTY EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE OF NOTE INCLUDING:
Susan B. Anthony (Women’s Rights Activist).
Clara Barton (Founder of the Red Cross).
Francis Hodgson Burnett (English Author/Playwright).
Laura Orniston Chant (Author/Political Activist – wrote poem in book).
RJ Gattling (Inventor of Gattling Gun).
Samuel Beckley Holabird (Civil War General).
Isabella Beecher Hooker (Founder of Women’s Suffrage Movement – wrote poem in book).
Stilson Hutchins (Artist).
Lilivokalani (Queen of Hawaii).
D.L. Moody (American Evangelist).
Luke Potter Poland (Senator/Representative Vermont).
Benjamin Perley Poore (Author/Correspondent – with poem).
Virginia Poore (wife of Benjamin Poore).
Gene Stratton Porter (Author).
William Beaty Rochester (Central America Ambassador).
Jeremiah Mclain Rusk (Sec. of Agrigulture/Congressman/Wisconsin Governor).
Kate Sanborn (Author).
Everett Sanders (Chair Republican Nat. Comm./ Sec. to C.Coolidge).
Ira Sankey (Gospel Composer & Singer).
Charles P. Taft II (Son of Pres. Taft/ Cincinnati Mayor).
Alfred H. Terry (General who accepted Sitting Bull’s Surrender).
An incredible, one of a kind autograph collection, contained in a beautiful book. The books spine has been broken, so many of the pages are loose. Otherwise, the book is in excellent condition, and has been stored safely, away from light and humidity for all of these years.
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Sold with a Letter of Provenance from the great grandson of the original owner, who states:
"book passed down from my Great Grandfather Thomas L. Tally. Already a wealthy man as a Texas oil wildcatter, T.L. (who coined the phrase "moving pictures") was also organizer and owner of a coast to coast theater chain and creator of the First National Exhibitors Circuit. Contracts with Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford made him a very "sought after" man and he mixed it up in some very interesting circles as shown by the contents of this single book. Passed down to my Grandfather, Grandmother, Mother and Father who were also very affluent and world travelers, they continued the tradition of "passing the book" and sharing the signatures of previous individuals who had signed the book and subsequently having others sign it."
An excerpt from an article from "The Mystery Man of the Motion Pictures" below found at:
http://www.cinemaweb.com/silentfilm/bookshelf/26_bar_3.htm
The organization of Artcraft Pictures Corporation is a typical instance of the shrewdness of Zukor and Garbutt. Mary Pickford was under contract to Paramount. When this contract expired she demanded a larger salary. As other producers were bidding for her services, Zukor was compelled to meet her terms. At this time T.L. Tally, a Scotchman of considerable wealth who made a hobby of the theatrical business, owned the principal motion picture house in Los Angeles. He had the contract with Paramount for the exhibition of that company's pictures.
http://cinematreasures.org/theater/8855/
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