PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN - INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED - HFSID 285243

RONALD REAGAN

7x9 color photo of Reagan at his desk, taken by famed portrait photographer Fabian Bachrach, signed by Reagan and calligraphically inscribed in the 10x13 mount

Photograph Mount signed and calligraphically inscribed: "To Consul General Barry D. Hoffman/With best wishes, Ronald Reagan". Color, 7¼x9¼ image, 10x13¼ overall (two surfaces). Photo taken by Fabian Bachrach (1917-2010), renowned for his portrait photos of Presidents (including JFK's official Presidential portrait) and other public figures. Corners creased on mount. Matte is separating front from back. Otherwise fine condition. Accompanied by Bachrach presentation folder (11x13½). Lightly toned corners creased. Otherwise fine condition. Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) had two careers: actor and politician. His first movie was Love is on the Air (1937) and his 53rd and last film was The Killers (1964). He was President of the Screen Actors Guld. In 1965, he wrote his autobiography, Where's the Rest of Me?, a line from his role as Drake McHugh in King's Row (1942). He hosted TV's Death Valley Days. During the failed Presidential campaign of Senator Barry Goldwater (1964), Reagan, a former Democrat, emerged as an eloquent spokesman for Goldwater and for the conservative cause. Elected Governor of California in 1966, he was reelected in 1970. Reagan began his campaign for the presidency and narrowly lost the 1976 Republican nomination to Gerald Ford. He was elected President in 1980 and was reelected in 1984. While Reagan was never without his critics, he had two undisputed achievements as President: moving the conservative message and program to the center of American politics; and helping to set in motion the collapse of the Soviet system which he had called "the evil empire." After leaving office in 1989, he wrote his second autobiography, An American Life. His final years were a valiant struggle against the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. Two items.