$1,197
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Auction: February 2, 2023 11:00 AM EDT
Washington (D.C.), ca. March, 1903. Scarce printed White House card, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, as President of the United States, 2 5/8 x 4 1/8 in. (67 x 105 mm); with original White House mailing envelope, postmarked March 30, 1903. In mat with envelope and portrait of Roosevelt, and in frame, 12 1/2 x 16 1/8 in. (317 x 410 mm).
Following the assassination of William McKinley in 1901, and only a month after Roosevelt's ascension to the presidency, he changed the name of the presidential residency from "Executive Mansion" to "The White House."
A handsome and scarce example of this signed White House card.
Provenance
From the autograph collection of B. Harold Smick, Jr. (1925-2022) of Salem, New Jersey