early to mid 20th century, over 80 signed portraits, some studio quality (Harris & Ewing, and others), many with North Carolina relevance, signed portraits, politicians and academic officials, O. Max Gardner, Len Broughton, Lee Overman, Locke Craig, F.M. Simmons, Luther Hodges, R.B. Glenn, Dan Moore, Josephus Daniels, Frank Graham, Charles E. Brewer, W.W. Kitchin, Thurman Kitchin, William Louis Poteat, William Bailey Royall; ministers, A.C. Dixon, Russell Conwell, George Truett, Newell Dwight Hillis, Charles Elisha Taylor; international dignitaries and military officers, Champ Clark, Chauncey Depew, Lord Haldane, Alfred Noyes, Marshal Lyautey, Joseph Joffre, Nicolas Longworth, Georges Clemenceau, Arthur James Balfour, Herbert H. Asquith, A.V. Dicey, Douglas Haig, George Canning, Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Ferdinand Foch, two different signed images of John J. Pershing, others, some personalized to Robert Lee Humber, majority with inscription on back detailing how and when acquired, largest approximately 11 x 14 in.; multiple Frank LaForge signed photos; White House Fesival of the Arts program (1965) with Lady Bird Johnson signature and others; Adlai Stevenson mailed correspondence; Lord Salisbury letter, mentions Anti-Slavery Society; Lyndon Johnson inauguration pack in original mailer; unsigned studio portraits of Eisenhower, Einstein, Franklin Roosevelt, others; items with printed (not actual) signatures include John C. Calhoun print, Lady Bird at Whistle Stop Tour photo, Charles Lindberg portrait, Franklin Roosevelt portrait, Robert E. Lee portrait (signed but not presumed to be Lee's hand); correspondence from Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson (signatures possibly secretarial); various certificates and programs, other assorted ephemera

Provenance: Humber Family, North Carolina

good overall, typical foxing, creasing, losses at periphery