April 7th Rare Autographs, Manuscripts and Sports Auction
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J. Edgar Hoover – 3 Signed, typed letters on FBI letterhead and a signed photo.
The first letter is dated November 26, 1948, and 8" x 10.5". He signed "J. Edgar Hoover" and is thanking the sender for the good wishes during his most recent illness.
The second letter is dated January 14, 1955, and 7" x 9.25". He signed "Edgar" and is offering his condolences to the sender.
The third letter is dated May 22, 1970, and 8" x 10.5". He signed "J. Edgar Hoover" and is accepting an offer regarding the sender's upcoming publication.
The print is a signed photo, 8.5" x 11", of a drawn image by Paul Frehm in 1939. He signed "To Richard Simmons Best Wishes J. Edgar Hoover 9-21-42."
J. Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States. He was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation – the FBI's predecessor – in 1924 and was instrumental in founding the FBI in 1935, where he remained director for another 37 years until his death in 1972 at the age of 77. Hoover has been credited with building the FBI into a larger crime-fighting agency than it was at its inception and with instituting a number of modernizations to police technology, such as a centralized fingerprint file and forensic laboratories. Hoover is also credited with establishing and expanding a national blacklist, which the FBI still compiles and manages.
With One of a Kind Collectibles LOA.
J. Edgar Hoover 3 TLS + Signed Photo
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