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Harry Houdini Typed Letter, Signed.

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HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Typed Letter, Signed...: HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Typed Letter, Signed. Dated May 15, 1924, Houdini writes to Mr. H.H. Windsor, Jr in Chicago expressing his condolences at the loss of his father, and including t

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Hoover, Herbert and Harry Truman: Typed Letter Setter Signed as Commerce Secretary, 1927 and TLS as: Hoover, Herbert and Harry Truman: Typed Letter Setter Signed as Commerce Secretary, 1927 and TLS as President, 1952. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) Typed letter signed as US Secretary of Commerce, on Depa

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1955 President Harry Truman Letter: Typed letter signed by Harry Truman and dated March 3, 1955. Framed with a portrait of President Harry S. Truman . Letter measures approximately 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Not examined out of frame. Appear

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Harry S. Truman Signed Photograph and Typed Letter Signed: Vintage glossy 8 x 10 photo of Truman holding up the iconic 'Dewey Defeats Truman' issue of the Chicago Tribune, signed and inscribed on the newspaper in fountain pen, "To Alexander Nahas, Som

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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Typed Letter to: Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Typed Letter to Will Goldston, and Related Ephemera. Dated below the message May 1, 1913. Houdini writes on his engraved pictorial letterhead to Will Goldston, s

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Harry Truman Signed Letter on Life In Phoenix: Harry Truman Signed Letter on Life In Phoenix Single page typed letter signed on letterhead of "Harry Truman, Independence Missouri". Dated "November 23, 1960", and signed by Harry Truman "Harry Truma

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Harry Truman 3 Days After Entering Korean War Calls NY'ers "freedom-loving citizens" & Discusses: Harry Truman 3 Days After Entering Korean War Calls NY'ers "freedom-loving citizens" & Discusses "the course we have taken in extending assistance to the Republic of Korea." A typed letter signed

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Pair of Typed Letters Signed, “Hardeen,” to Joseph: Hardeen, Theodore (Theodore Weisz). Pair of Typed Letters Signed, “Hardeen," to Joseph Kolar. Indianapolis and Dunkirk, N.Y., [n.d.]/1928. On Hardeen’s “Successor to Houdini" letterhead, one pag

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Truman and Groves, an Explosive Letter Re: The Bomb: Truman Harry Truman and Groves, an Explosive Letter Re: The Bomb Harry Truman, The Man Who Dropped The Bomb to Leslie Groves, the Man Who Developed it. Single page typed letter signed, 7.25" x 10.5",

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H. S. Truman Reads Perry Mason!: H. S. Truman Reads Perry Mason! A 1p typed letter signed by former 33rd U.S. President Harry S. Truman (1884-1972), as "Harry S Truman" at the center. Written on August 21, 1961 in Independence, Misso

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Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Harry Houdini Typed Letter, Signed. Dated in Houdini’s hand “June 5/21”, and written to a “Captain G,” Houdini offers to inscribe a copy of his book Miracle Mongers and Their Methods. On one sheet of 8vo stationery printed with Houdini’s famous Harlem address. Boldly signed “Houdini” in ink. Together with a clipping regarding Houdini’s 1926 hospitalization, and a “new serum” administered to the magician just prior to his untimely death.