Auction 80
Historical Militaria, Autographs, and Ephemera Auction, July 14 & 15, 2020
By Alexander Historical Auctions LLC
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Jul 15, 2020
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915, United States
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1,400 lots of historical militaria from all conflicts; historical autographs and ephemera from all fields of collecting.
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LOT 1157:
LEWIS JOHNSON
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Start price:
$
40
Estimated price :
$80 - $100
Buyer's Premium: 30%
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LEWIS JOHNSON
(1891 - 1966) American politician and attorney who served as the second Secretary of Defense from 1949 to 1950. Fine association I.S.P., 10 x 8 in. b/w, shows Johnson as Assistant Secretary of Defense seated beside President Franklin Roosevelt. The photo is inscribed to Gen. Caleb Vance Haynes, also in the image. Haynes (1895-1966) was a U.S. Air Force major general and one of the most important and talented military aviators and commanders of World War II. He organized the Assam-Burma-China Ferry Command and evacuated Burma with the Chinese and RAF. He then went to China to organize and command the Bomber Command of the China Air Task Force under Gen. Claire Chennault. Small marginal tear at top, else fine.
