Description: General President Eisenhower's Farm - Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Vintage Postcard Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the farm of General and 34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Adjacent to the Gettysburg battlefield, the farm served the president and first lady as a weekend retreat and as a meeting place for world leaders. With its peaceful setting and view of South Mountain, it was a respite from Washington, DC, and a backdrop for efforts to reduce Cold War tensions. It is located in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, just outside Gettysburg. Purchased by then-General Eisenhower and his wife Mamie in 1950, the farm served as a weekend retreat for the President (1953-1961), and a meeting place for world leaders, and became the Eisenhowers' home after they left the White House in 1961. Mike Roberts (1905-1989) is famously known as America's Postcard King due to his impressive career in color photography and printing that spanned more than 50 years. He began working in a photo studio in San Bernardino when he was young and had the opportunity to photograph figures like Albert Einstein and Amelia Earhart. He also photographed scenes from the 1939 World's Fair in San Francisco to be published in The Saturday Evening Post, Fortune, and Life and was later commissioned to take color photographs for a Standard Oil marketing campaign after WWII with the idea that color photos would be given to people who were filling their cars up with gas so they would want to take trips to the places in the photos, using more gas. Mike's son, Bob Roberts, said that his father had a bunch of photographs left over from the commission and decided to turn them into postcards. Please review the photos carefully for condition and detail. Normal wear associated with an old postcard have creases, corner bumps, scratches, ink on the front etc.
Price: 4.99 USD
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
End Time: 2024-12-23T02:19:44.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0.97 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Number of Items in Set: 1
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Artist: L. E. Smith
Featured Person: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Occasion: Thinking of You
Signed: No
Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)
Material: Cardboard
Year Manufactured: 1950
City: Gettysburg
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Mike Roberts Studio
Subject: Politician
Continent: North America
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Era: Photochrome (1939-Now)
Region: Pennsylvania
Country: USA
Theme: Agriculture, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Historical Figures
Features: Chrome
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
