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Alexander Graham Bell

Bell complies with an autograph request

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Bell complies with an autograph request

Boldly signed ANS, one page, 5.5 x 3.5, Washington, D.C., April 16, 1912. A letter to Miss Weiss in which Bell graciously complies with her request for his autograph. The card is double matted in red and blue with a cut-out of a telephone, a small biographical plaque and a portrait of Bell to an overall size of 12.75 x 21. In fine condition, with mild toning to the card’s edges. Along with many very prominent thinkers and scientists of the time, Bell was connected with the eugenics movement in the United States. From 1912 until 1918, Bell was the chairman of the board of scientific advisors to the Eugenics Record Office in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, and regularly attended meetings. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.

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