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EDITH K. ROOSEVELT

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EDITH K. ROOSEVELT
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>EDITH K. ROOSEVELT </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Collection of three postcards, all with social content to Mrs. Roosevelt’s friend, Anna Anderson in Rochester, NY. Picturing the “South Front” of the White House, the first is penned as First Lady Mar 9, 1909, postmarked at Oyster Bay, and signed “<i>E.K.R</i>.” On verso of Italian postcard with seated portrait of “Teodoro Roosevelt - Porto Maurizio,” ca. 1909, Edith writes “<i>This was taken just after my husband returned from Africa. We were visiting my sister in Italy</i>.” Unsigned. No date or place. A third pictures “The Parlor” of “The Roosevelt House” at their home on 20th Street, NY. Free franked on verso and signed “<i>E. K. Roosevelt,</i>” it is postmarked at Oyster Bay Jan 1937. Also included is a free franked postal cover addressed to Miss Anderson postmarked at Oyster Bay Oct 13, 1936. Both free franks are signed in full at top right margins, adding “<i>Free</i>.” All boldly penned. Light toning; overall VG.</span></p>