^Lot 130 William H. Taft

Vintage oversized matte-finish 9.75 x 12.5 Pach Bros. three-quarter length photo, affixed to its original 13.5 x 16.25 photographer’s mount, signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the mount, as president, to noted stage actor James Hackett, “To James K. Hackett with best wishes of Wm. H. Taft, The White House, June 21, 1909.” Photo is housed in its original wooden frame to an overall size of 15.25 x 18.25. In very good condition, with some minor scratches, dings and surface marks to image, scattered foxing and soiling to mount. Hackett was a well-known stage actor who would star in the first five-reel American film, 1913’s The Prisoner of Zenda.