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JOHN F. KENNEDY
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JOHN KENNEDY INSCRIBES AN OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPH OF HIMSELF TO WILLIAM BLAIR, HIS AMBASSADOR TO DENMARK

 

JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963).  Kennedy was the Thirty-Fifth President.

 

WILLIAM BLAIR (1916-1915).  Blair was President Kennedy’s Ambassador to Denmark and President Johnson’s Ambassador to the Philippines.  He was also law partner with Adlai Stevenson.

 

PS. 11” x 14”. September 9, 1961. No place [likely Washington].  A black and white photograph inscribed “For Ambassador Bill Blair – with the esteem and warm regards of his friend John Kennedy.  The President signed on the lower mount.  It is in its original silver frame with “9 Sept 1961”, “C.B.W.” and “N.D.H.” engraved on it.  There is light waterstaining and toning to the right side of the mat, but it mostly can be seen under strong light.  This was bought directly from the Estate of Ambassador Blair and has never been on the market before.  A terrific and stunning President Kennedy signed portrait.