Presidential Stereos

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The following Stereoview is a Lynn Skeels view of President Harry Truman. This is from a rare privately produced Stereoview set. These views were taken by Lynn Skeels from his Annual Baseball Outing sets that he produced for private distribution. Lynn Skeels was the Photographer who produced many of the Stereo-Travel Boxed Sets in the first several decades of this century. He was in his sixties or seventies when he produced these views in the mid-to-late 1940's. This view is part of the documentation of the activities of the "Lowell B. Mason Baseball, Marching and Luncheon Club." Lowell Mason, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission hosted annual luncheon gatherings in one of the US Senate's private dining rooms for President Truman, who was his close friend, and many invited Senators, Cabinet Members, Supreme Court Justices, etc. They would dine and place bets on a blackboard regarding the outcome of the opening game of the Washington Senators' season. After lunch they all went to the Washington home opener at Griffith Stadium as the guests of Clark Griffith, the owner of the Senators. The President would throw out the first ball, players would come up for his autograph, and a great time was had by all.

Pres2. Lynn Skeels. President Harry Truman with friends at the Senators game. G+. $200

Pres4. Keystone. 33535. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States, at His Desk in the Executive Offices, Washington, D.C. VG. $150

Pres5. Keystone. 32790. Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Presidential Nominee of the Democratic Party, at Chicago, Ill. VG. $150

Pres6. Keystone. 16508. Hon. William H. Taft, the Choice of the Republican Party in the Presidential Campaign of 1908. VG. $45

Pres8. Underwood & Underwood. 7551-"We wish peace because it is right"-President Roosevelt delivering his Inaugural address, Washington. Copyright 1905. Stamped on verso: "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate." E. $40

Pres12. International Stereograph Co. 22668. "To whom much has been given, much shall be expected." President Roosevelt to students of James Millikin University, Decatur, Ill. Copyright 1903 by C.L. Wasson. E. $50

Pres13. The Whiting View Co. 700-President Roosevelt at the Jamestown Exposition, 1907. VG. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. E. $50

Pres14. Standard Scenic Company. 2953. A Point Well Made in the President's Speech-Georgia Day at the Jamestown Exposition. Written in pen beneath right image is "June 10, 1907 LC-USZ62-20806." On back is written "Joseph Meriwether, Governor of Georgia (black moustache) standing on the right in the background." "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $50

Pres16. Underwood & Underwood. "We have great problems, but our greatest is making better men and women of us all"-President Roosevelt, Dover, NH. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $40

Pres17. HC White Co. 9930. America's tribute to its Chief Magistrate-thus crowds greet him everywhere. Station sign reads "Canon City." VG. $50

Pres21. William H. Rau. 5589. President Roosevelt Speaking at Dedication of Statue to General Wm. F. Sherman, Washington DC, Oct. 15, 1903. Title in manuscript. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. E. $65

Pres22. HC White. 9902. President Roosevelt in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $60

Pres24. HC White. 18005. "The conquest of a continent is iron work"-Pres. Roosevelt, Jamestown Exposition. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $45

Pres26. Griffith & Griffith. 12502. President Roosevelt Delivering His Address at Opening of Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Va. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $50

Pres27. Underwood & Underwood. The Newspaper men with Senator Kean, Secretary Lochand, Secretary Barnes, Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $50

Pres30. Keystone. 11915-President Roosevelt Dictating Instructions to His Secretary, William Loeb, White House, Washington, DC. E. $40

Pres31. Keystone. 11914-President Roosevelt Signing an important Bill-President's Office, White House, Washington, DC. VG. $40

Pres33. Griffith & Griffith. Pres. Roosevelt at His Private Desk in the White House. VG. $65

Pres34. B.W. Kilburn. 17159. The Crowd at the Grand Stand during the Opening Ceremonies, Jamestown Exposition. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. E. $65

Pres35. William H. Rau. 5591. Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the United States in his Private Office, White House, Washington DC. Copyrighted 1903 by William H. Rau. Manuscript title. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $75

Pres38. The Universal Photo Art Co. 4457. Inauguration of President Roosevelt, March 4, 1905. The Inaugural Parade, Cavalry Escort. VG. $50

Pres40. Griffith & Griffith. Judge W.H. Taft. Stereoview of Taft before becoming President. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $65

Pres44. HC White Co. 9954. President and Mrs. Taft in their carriage leaving the Capitol for White House, Inaugural Ceremonies, Washington. VG. $40

Pres45. HC White Co. 13009. Hon. William H. Taft, Secretary of War. VG. $60

Pres48. The Whiting View Company. 2459. William H. Taft, Greeting His Friends, Notification Day, Cincinnati, Ohio. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $45

Pres49. Underwood & Underwood. 11354. Annapolis and West Point Cadets before the Inauguration Stand, Washington DC. This is the transfer of power from Taft to Wilson. VG. $30

Pres51. Underwood & Underwood. 10575. President William H. Taft at his desk, Executive Office, Washington, DC. VG. $50

Pres52. Underwood & Underwood. 10466. William H. Taft greeting a crowd in the great Middle West-Wolsey, S.D. VG. $35

Pres57. Underwood & Underwood. 10576. President William H. Taft at work-Executive Office, Washington. "Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate" stamped on verso. VG. $60

Pres59. Keystone. 16601. President Taft Touching the Golden Bell Which Opened the Flood Through the Gunnison Tunnel, Montrose, Colorado, Sept. 23, 1909. VG. $30

Pres61. Keystone. V11959. President Taft. VG. $35

Pres63. Keystone. 16523. William Howard Taft, the Twenty-Seventh President of the US. VG. $40

Pres66. B.W. Kilburn. 14588. Knights Templars in the funeral procession, Canton, O. VG. $20

Pres70. No ID. 903. Pres. Roosevelt at the State Fair, Syracuse, NY, 1903. VG. $50

Pres72. Keystone. 14155-President Roosevelt on His Arrival at the Exposition Grounds-Accompanied by President Tucker of the Exposition Company and Members of Presidential Party, April 26, 1907. VG. $35

Pres73. U&U. All Aboard for Puget Sound-Goodbye to Busy Seattle! President Roosevelt leaving pier. Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate stamp on verso. VG. $40

Pres74. U&U. 7744. Working for Peace-President Roosevelt and Envoys of Mikado and Czar on the Mayflower. G. $30

Pres75. U&U. "No man can amount to anything who does not at least pull his own weight"-President Roosevelt, Rutland, Vt. Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate stamp on verso. VG. $40

Pres80. U&U. 7552. President Roosevelt delivering his famous Inaugural address-before the Capitol, Washington. VG. $30

Pres81. U&U. 7550. The people's choice swears faithfulness to duty-President Roosevelt's Inauguration, Washington. Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate stamp on verso. VG. $40

Pres82. U&U. 7549. President Roosevelt taking the oath of office-brilliant Inaugural at the Capitol, Washington. VG. $25

Pres83. U&U. 7551. "We wish peace because it is right"-President Roosevelt delivering his Inaugural address, Washington. Library of Congress Surplus Duplicate stamp on verso. VG. $40

Pr106. U&U. Grover Cleveland and Adlai Stevenson driving down Pennsylvania Ave., Wash, DC. G+. $25

Pr107. U&U. Attorney General Griggs, on the Presidential Party's Receiving Stand, Minneapolis, Minn., President's Western Tour. G. $30

Pres88. Stamp of B.F. Stevens, Peabody, Mass, Jeweler & Stationer, on verso. Peabody Square looking up Lowell St. Flag across the street during campaign of Garfield for President. Rare. E. $250 [There are more views from this series on the Massachusetts Stereoviews page.]

Pres90. B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, NH. 14565. The last sad home coming. At the depot, Canton, O. Mckinley's funeral. E. $15

Pres92. Littleton View Co. Weller's Celebrated Stereoscopic Treasures. 1165. Cleveland and Hendricks. VG. $25

Pres93. Littleton View Co., U&U. 1336. President and Mrs. Cleveland. VG. $25

Pres95. E&HT Anthony. Prominent Portraits. No. 2969. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. This is the same view as Pres103 below. Note that the number of the view differs. As Ostendorf says "In 1864 and 1865 the E&HT Anthony Company published four different pairs of President Lincoln on the "Portrait Gallery" stereograph cards (O-49, O-84, O-103, and O-104). Their identification number, either "2968" or "2969," was given to all four views." (Hamilton and Ostendorf, Lincoln in Photographs, An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963, page 124.) 3-cent cancelled tax stamp on verso. G. $2350

Pres97. Joseph W. Warren, Fall River, Mass. This is President Grant on Marth's Vineyard. G. $150

Pres103. E&HT Anthony. Prominent Portraits. No. 2968. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States. This is Ostendorf-49 (O-49). "Exhausted by a train journey during which he had traveled nearly two thousand miles and visited seven states, Lincoln went to Brady's Washington studio, probably on Sunday, February 24, 1861, and sat (opposite), absorbed in problems, while Alexander Gardner took five poses...Apparently concerned about the time the photographer was taking to prepare the lighting and plates, the harried President-elect has just looked at the watch which he holds, case still open, in his right hand." (Hamilton and Ostendorf, Lincoln in Photographs, An Album of Every Known Pose. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1963, pps. 77-79). Ostendorf reports that "At this first Washington sitting, Gardner also used a two-lens, or stereoscopic, camera" (p. 79). Yet later, page 124, he says "Only about six stereographs of Lincoln were published during his lifetime. They bear a publication date not later than 1865. With the exception of the outdoor views of Lincoln at Antietam, which were taken with a standard stereoscopic or two-lens camera, all of the contemporary published stereographs of the President were made by combining two of the images simultaneously recorded by a three- or four-lens camera." Some long-ago collector has professionally attached black borders to this view. This could have been done to make the view fit more snugly in the viewer or conceivably, as a mourning statement. Evidence of a lost tax stamp remains on verso. Rich, strong images. VG. $2500

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