Dwight D. Eisenhower in military dress — Framed signed, inscribed photograph

Dwight D. Eisenhower signed, inscribed photograph.

"For Mr. Antonio Ponvert with best wishes".

Antonio Ponvert was one of the early members of a committee to draft Roosevelt for the Republican ticket. (See the article below.)

The photo was taken by the famous Bachrach Photography Studio, which has photographed some of the most famous people in the world for decades. Their photograph of Churchill scowling at the camera, for example, is one of theirs. More information on the studio is in this article in the Smithsonian Magazine.

In a solid wood frame, with museum-grade UV-protecting non-glare acrylic.

Note that this is the original photograph, not a reproduction.

Frame size: 12.75" x 11.75"

Shipping: $20. Please allow two weeks for shipping.

Richmond News Leader, Number 15717, November 11, 1947

Eisenhower Draft Given National Tint

Supporters Broaden League Movement

NEW YORK, Nov. 11 ー A reorganization of the Draft Eisenhower for President League under the new name of National Draft Eisenhower League was announced here today in a statement by a group of men who headed the old organization's New York State branch.

The statement said that a national chairman and other national and regional officers for the new group would be named soon and that incorporation papers would be filed in Delaware.

"This new national league supplants the former Draft Eisenhower for President League of Washington, which is being merged with the new national league," the statement said, "It was agreed by the original incorporators of the old league, due to pressure of personal business, that the new National Draft Eisenhower League would take over all activities."

SENTIMENT INCREASES

Maurice Mumford, president of the United States Supply Company of Washington, an import export firm, had been acting president of the old league.

"The ground-swell of sentiment for Eisenhower for President is too great to be ignored," the statement added. "It is the intention of the new national league to coordinate this sentiment."

Winston H. Thornburg, John S Dickerson, Antonio Ponvert and George Converse, all of whom had been New York state officers in the previous organization, are the new incorporators and members of the board of directors. Listed with them were Torrey Stearns, of New York City, and William H. Burnham, of West Hartford, Conn.

National headquarters will be in the Hotel Astor, New York City.