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Each week on Saturday, Sunday and sometimes on Fridays, I will be listing GREAT AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL EPHEMERA, SIGNED BOOKS, ART AND ANTIQUES FROM MY LONG LIFE OF COLLECTING.In fairness to all interested buyers PLEASE DO NOT ASK ME TO END THIS sale EARLY.OFFERED HERE
An ORIGINAL, NOT A COPY, NOR REPRODUCTION, extremely low starting price which does not reflect value, AUTHENTIC and RARE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH of the great American comic, author and movie star WILL ROGERS with numerous leis around his neck. The photo was presented to the 1st manager of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel ARTHUR BENAGLIA. Will and his wife Betty made a round the world cruise in 1934 with their first stop being Hawaii and THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL! It was on their return to California in 1935 that Will partnered with Wiley Post to explore Alaska together in what ended with their crash and death near Point Barrow in August 1935. Comes with a circa 1930 Real Photo Postcard of the ROYAL HAWAIIAN HOTEL.A BARGAIN AT THRICE THE PRICE!
William Penn Adair \"Will\" Rogers(November 4, 1879– August 15, 1935) was a stage and motion picture humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. Ofmixed race, he identified asCherokee, as his parents did.
Known as \"Oklahoma\'s Favorite Son\",Rogers was born to a prominentCherokeefamily inIndian Territory(now part of Oklahoma). As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71films(50silent filmsand 21 \"talkies\")and wrote more than 4,000nationally syndicatednewspaper columns.
By the mid-1930\'s, the American people adored Rogers. He was the leading political wit of his time and was the highest paidHollywood filmstar. Rogers died in 1935 with aviatorWiley Post, when their small airplane crashed in northern Alaska.
Rogers\'s vaudeville rope act led to success in theZiegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920\'s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and popularity. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters,Prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that was appreciated by a national audience, with no one offended. His aphorisms, couched in humorous terms, were widely quoted: \"I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat.\" Another widely quoted Will Rogers comment was \"I don\'t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.\"
Rogers even provided an epigram on his most famous epigram:
When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: \"I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident [sic] like.\" I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved.
Entertainer William Penn Rogers arrived in Honolulu July 27, 1934, slipping into the Royal Hawaiian Hotel with none of the cymbals and bugles accorded Elk / President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) days earlier. Will and wife Betty were on a world cruise with Hawaii their first stop. The Star-Bulletin, where his daily paragraph-sized commentary was published, reported Rogers’ visit in detail, while rival the Honolulu Advertiser pretended to barely notice. Will skipped surfing (I couldn’t ride one of those ironing boards), but wedged in polo playing. He showed off his cowboy, regular guy image: refusing free air tickets to Maui and Hawaii (don’t want no Senate investigating committee saying I was taking any graft); meeting paniolo at Parker and Ulupalakua ranches (fine cowboys); refusing a VIP seat to view the patriotic lantern parade from the Iolani Palace steps with the press ‘boys.’
It\'s worth a google search to learn more about this important and talented man\'s life and career.
Measures approximately 7 1/2 x 9 inches.
Each item will be postedin a plastic coverbetween two strong, cross grained, hard to bend, pieces of cardboard.
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All autographs and historical paper that I sell are MONEY BACK GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC.I have authenticated autographs for insurance companies and collectors for more than three decades.I DO NOT SELL COPIES. I have collected historical autographs, books and ephemera since I was a kid in the late 1950\'s and have hadthis VICTORIAN ERA AUTOGRAPH in my own collection for a long long time!response
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