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Hoover Presidency Autograph Book

85_1 (Medium)Who keeps a good autograph book these days?

For decades, these handy blank books cherished by celebrity seekers and schoolchildren were employed in the collecting of notable signatures. The ornate–almost outlandish–one seen here, bound in quarter leather and highly decorative boards, served Paul N. Peck, a White House staff administrator during the presidency of Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933. Peck assembled an impressive roster of political autographs, including those of President Hoover, Vice-President Charles Curtis, Secretary of State Henry L. Stinson, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, and Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur, among others.

The keepsake is going to auction early August 2015 at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers in Chicago and is estimated to make $3,000-5,000.

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Reprinted with permission from Fine Books & Collections, Rebecca Rego Barry author

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