Photograph Signed
by FOOTE, Commodore (Charles W. Nestel) (1848-1937)
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
This Indiana little person, together with younger sister Eliza S. Nestel (1857-1937), debuted together in 1861 and toured the country as "Commodore Foote and the Fairy Queen," once even performing for Queen Victoria; in February 1864 they met President and Mrs. Lincoln at a White House reception. PS, heavy stock 5½" X 3½", n.p., 8 September 1906. Very good. Faintly age toned, with quite minor edge wear. Preprinted postcard, on the verso of which is a tiny printed full-length portrait of Charles and Eliza Nestel standing side by side later in life, with printed caption beneath "Commodore Foote and Sister / Royal, / American Lilliputians / Residence Fort Wayne, Indiana / U.S.A." Images appears at left, and in blank area at right Nestel pencils large and bold "Commodore Foote / & Sister / Sept 8' / /06." The famed brother and sister retired to their hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana and spent the remainder of their lives there, dying within months of each other. Very scarce in this form. General Tom Thumb (Charles S. Stratton) and Commodore Foote were by far the most famed midgets of the 19th century, and their autograph material is seldom seen.
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- Seller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 44018
- Title
- Photograph Signed
- Author
- FOOTE, Commodore (Charles W. Nestel) (1848-1937)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.