Ghosts of politicians past pay a visit this holiday season, with this 1950s-1970s political ephemera collection. This very interesting selection contains items mainly related to presidents, including Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Also figuring in the mix is a substantial number of Ted Kennedy related items, several with notations written in his hand. Generally condition ranges better to excellent, however a few pieces show considerable wear. 

Featured are:

Dossier from the Eisenhower and Kennedy White House years of items belonging to Marcelle Lecomte Drakert [1905-1998], U.S. Foreign Service officer who managed VIP visits at the U.S. Embassy in Paris. Includes secretarial signed photo of JFK, inauguration invitations and programs, schedules, letters, etc., with:

-JFK secretarial signed photo;

- Voyage en France - President Eisenhower’s itinerary book from Diplomatic France trip 9/2-9/4/59;

- JFK Inauguration invitation;

-Various pieces of Ephemera related to Eisenhower’s trip in Paris;

-Signed letter form Congressman F. Edward Hebert;

-Signed letter from Hubert Humphrey as Senator (1961);

-Signed thank you letter from Hubert Humphrey as Senator with handwritten note (1958);

-JFK Inauguration program;

-Jimmy Carter inauguration invitation and program (X2);

-Copy of President’s Eisenhower’s schedule from Paris trip;

-Truman library invitation;

-Telegram from Margaret Truman;

-Signed letter from Congressman Wayne Hays (1960);

-Signed letter from Margaret Truman (1952);

-Signed letter from Diplomat C. Burke Elbrick;

-Signed letter from Margaret Truman (1952);

-Signed letter from Margaret Truman (1956);

-Signed letter from Diplomat Ellis O Briggs (1960);

-Handwritten letter from Adlai Stevenson;

-Signed letter from Congressman Emanuel Celler (1961);

-Two photos included one of Ted Kennedy;

-Photo of Eisenhower at the 1959 NATO meeting in Paris;

-Letter from Alvin Roseman 1948;

-letter from Mike Mansfield as Senator (1953) w/ handwritten note;

-Letter from Emmanuel Celler (1962);

-Letter from Myron C. Taylor as the “personal representative of the president of the united states of America to his holiness Pope Pius” (1948);

-Postcard from Adlai Stevenson (1958);

-Affectionate Letter Ritz Hotel stationary in Paris from Adlai Stevenson;

-Birthday drawing of Eisenhower’s motorcade;

-Adlai Stevenson Memorial program;

Lyndon B. Johnson correspondence letter on official letterhead signed as the Vice President of the United States; 

Ted Kennedy administration documents (52) largely typewritten memorandums annotated in Senator Kennedy's own hand including: Mayor of San Francisco, Houghton Chemical, Claude Desautels, Bill Hathaway, Ambassador Ferguson, other dignitaries. Together with (5) 3 x 5 inch photographs of Joan visiting Ted at his Senate Office on her way to a luncheon on March 20, 1969.12 including envelope) May 1969. From staff including Rosalie Helm to Senator EMK and all replied to in EMK's hand, Letter to Lt. Governor Paul Simon, Invitation for cocktails and a 8 x 10 inch photograph of Ted. Provenance: Rosalie Helm, assistant and friend to Senator Ted Kennedy and his wife Joan during the 1960's and 1970's.

No authentication for signatures due to time/cost restraints.