LARGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH OF FIVE PRESIDENTS AT THE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY DEDICATION, SIGNED BY GEORGE H.W. BUSH, JIMMY CARTER, GERALD FORD, RICHARD NIXON, AND RONALD REAGAN, ACCOMPANIED BY HUMOROUS SIGNED AUTOGRAPH NOTE FROM GEORGE BUSH TO PRESIDENTIAL MEMORABILIA COLLECTOR RON WADE
BUSH, George H.W.; CARTER, Jimmy; FORD, Gerald; NIXON, Richard; and REAGAN, Ronald. Photograph of 5 presidents signed. WITH: Autograph letter signed. Washington, D.C., circa 1981 and Texas, March 2, 2006. Color photograph, measuring 10 by 8 inches; blue-bordered card embossed in blue with George Bush's name, measuring 6-1/4 by 4-1/4 inches. Matted and framed, entire piece measures 16-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches.
Original color photograph of Presidents Bush, Carter, Ford, Nixon, and Reagan at the dedication of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, signed at the bottom of the image by all five, accompanied by a humorous autograph letter to famous presidential memorabilia collector Ron Wade on one of George Bush's own stationery note cards reading: "3-2-06. Dear Ron, Sorry your ex-wife ripped you off. Here is a replacement photo. All the best. George Bush."
This signed photograph of the 37th through 41st Presidents of the United States was taken at the dedication of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on November 4, 1991 in Simi Valley, California. It is accompanied by an autograph note on a stationery card from President Bush (41) written entirely in his own hand reading: "Dear Ron, Sorry your ex-wife ripped you off. Here is a replacement photo. All the best. George Bush." This photo was given by George Bush to well-known presidential memorabilia collector Ron Wade. Wade is perhaps best known for the exact replica of the Oval Office he built in his home in Longview, Texas. Wade acquired this item (and presumably its lost predecessor) through his 40-year association with the Bush family, which led him to campaign for both father and son during their many successful runs for state and federal office. According to Wade, he has had "the good fortune since [he] was in high school to know at various times seven United States presidents including Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan" (IBT). Captioned photographic prints of Wade receiving these photographs affixed for storage with letter to verso of frame.
Fine condition.