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William Taft Supreme Court Signed Photo

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William Taft Supreme Court Signed Photo
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Scarce photo signed by all nine justices of the Supreme Court headed by William Howard Taft, who holds the singular position of serving as both President and Chief Justice of the United States. Silver gelatin photo captured by noted photography firm Harris & Ewing was taken circa 1925 and signed by the following Justices: William Howard Taft, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, William R. Day, Joseph McKenna, Willis Van Devanter, Mahlon Pitney, James C. McReynolds and John H. Clarke. Widely respected as Chief Justice, Taft considered the Supreme Court, and not the Presidency, the apex of his career; his court was responsible for a slew of pre-Depression decisions involving child labor laws, the fourteenth amendment, segregation and the breadth of police power. Photograph is in very good condition with silvering along edges. Still bold signatures appear on photo's mat, which is uniformly toned but has no foxing. Overall in very good condition.