Lot of 2 autograph albums compiled by George Phillips, a boy from Centerville, IA, between 1926 and 1932. Albums measure approx. 6.25 x 4.75 in. and 13 x 7 in. and contain 70+ autographs, mostly political, plus a newspaper clipping from the Centerville Daily Iowegian about Phillips and his "exceptionally fine list of signatures," collected with the help of his aunt, wife of Iowa Sixth District Representative Christian William Ramseyer. Autographs include those of Calvin and Grace Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, William Howard Taft, Nicholas Longworth, Jane Adams, Frederick Cook Charles Dana Gibson and Elihu Root, as well as various cabinet members and state governors. Condition: Binding of larger album deteriorated, with some loose pages, but autographs well-preserved.
Lot of 2 autograph albums compiled by George Phillips, a boy from Centerville, IA, between 1926 and 1932. Albums measure approx. 6.25 x 4.75 in. and 13 x 7 in. and contain 70+ autographs, mostly political, plus a newspaper clipping from the Centerville Daily Iowegian about Phillips and his "exceptionally fine list of signatures," collected with the help of his aunt, wife of Iowa Sixth District Representative Christian William Ramseyer. Autographs include those of Calvin and Grace Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, William Howard Taft, Nicholas Longworth, Jane Adams, Frederick Cook Charles Dana Gibson and Elihu Root, as well as various cabinet members and state governors. Condition: Binding of larger album deteriorated, with some loose pages, but autographs well-preserved.
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