Signed and Inscribed Portrait Photograph of Bernard M. Baruch
1945.
Portrait photo of Bernard Baruch with inscription "To Beatrice with affectionate regards from Bernie" and signature "B M Baruch 1945". Photo from Harris & Ewing, which in the early 20th century was the largest news photo service in the United States. They also served as the official White House photographer and the city's most noted portrait photographers from 1905 to 1955.
Bernard Mannes Baruch was an American financier and statesman. After amassing a fortune on the New York Stock Exchange, he impressed President Woodrow Wilson by managing the nation's economic mobilization in World War I as chairman of the War Industries Board. He advised Wilson during the Paris Peace Conference. He made another fortune in the postwar bull market, but foresaw the Wall Street crash and sold out well in advance. In World War II, he became a close advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the role of industry in war supply, and he was credited with greatly shortening the production time for tanks and aircraft. Later he helped to develop rehabilitation programs for injured servicemen. In 1946, he was the United States representative to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, though his Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy was rejected by the Soviet Union. Binding: Framed
Condition: Near Fine
Language: English
Price: $800.00
Item #328414