Title: Autograph Letter Signed by Henri Deering. Together with a Mounted Magazine Photograph Inscribed and Signed by Deering on the Mount.
Description: Circa [1930]. [1930]. - 33 words penned in black ink on a sheet of light gray paper, 9 inches high by 7 inches wide. Signed "Henri Deering". There is a small piece out of the top left corner of the letter and its bottom edge is slightly creased with a tiny stain & chip. Folded twice for mailing. Together with a sepia-toned portrait clipped from a magazine and mounted on an octangular piece of cream paper, 5-1/8 inches high by 3-1/4 inches wide, and then on a piece of gray card. Inscribed and signed on the mount: "To Seymour Halpern / with kind regards. / Henri Deering". Very good.
Henri Deering [1894-1973] was a concert pianist who debuted at Carnegie Hall with the "State Symphony" in 1925.
The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Very good .
Keywords: MUSIC; MUSICIAN; CONCERT PIANIST; HENRI DEERING; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY HENRI DEERING; SIGNATURE; MAGAZINE PHOTO INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HENRI DEERING; SEYMOUR HALPERN.
- Book number: 34375
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