PRESIDENT GERALD R. FORD - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1974 CO-SIGNED BY: JAMES FLETCHER - HFSID 76129

GERALD R. FORD and JAMES C. FLETCHER
Gerald Ford and James C. Fletcher sign this black and white official NASA publicity photograph shown together
Official NASA photograph signed: "Gerald R. Ford" and "James C. Fletcher." B/w, 10x8 overall, image 9½x6. (caption dated November 4, 1974 on verso), showing, at left, Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, explaining the formation of the indium-antimonide crystal that was manufactured in space to President Ford and Harold Johnson, Chairman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On August 9, 1974, GERALD R. FORD (1913-2006) was sworn in as the nation's 38th President following the resignation of Richard Nixon. Ford had previously served as Nixon's Vice President (December 6, 1973-August 9, 1974) following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew, becoming the only man to have held both of the nation's highest offices without being elected to either. Ford, who was previously a U.S. Congressman from Michigan (1949-1973; Minority Leader, 1965-1973), lost his bid for election to a full four-year term partially as a result of his controversial pardon of his predecessor. Ford, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999, celebrated his 93rd birthday on July 14, 2006. Before his death on December 26, 2006, Ford had surpassed Ronald Reagan (who also lived to age 93) as the longest-lived former U.S. President. Lightly creased at edges. Fine condition.