Autographs
Impressive “Herbert Hoover” Inscribed Signed Photograph
HERBERT HOOVER (1874-1964). Thirty-First President of the United States (1929–1933).
Impressive Autograph Picture Signed, “Herbert Hoover,” 8” x 10”, no date, being a formal waist-up portrait of the aged statesman wearing suit and tie, Choice Extremely Fine. Hoover has also Inscribed on the wide margin beneath the image, "To Mrs. Naomi Penant from Herbert Hoover".
Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the U.S. (1929-1933) and the first President born west of the Mississippi. He was appointed Secretary of Commerce (1921-28) by Warren G. Harding, and was in office at the time of the stock market crash (Black Thursday - October 24, 1929) and the subsequent Great Depression. He was defeated in bid for re-election by Franklin D. Roosevelt.