Pr Large Mandel Brothers Trade Cards President Grover Cleveland & Wife Frances For Sale

These matching 4.25" x 6.5" trade cards show President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland. If you aren't familiar with their story, young Stephen Grover Cleveland had a law partnership with Frances's father. After he was killed in a carriage accident in 1875, Cleveland became executor of his friend's estate, guiding young Frances along the way over the years. After she had gone to school and, after he had been elected U.S. president in 1884, the bachelor chief executive surprised everyone by expressing his desire to marry her when she became of age. So, on June 2, 1886, 21 year-old Frances married 49 year-old Grover in the Blue Room of the White House, becoming the first woman to marry a sitting president, and soon was the darling of the country. And it didn't hurt that she was a knock-out to look at. When kids came along, including the famous "Baby Ruth" of candy bar fame, she, as First Lady, was even more endeared by the country than the president, who had many troubles during his second, non-consecutive term in office which ended in March of 1897. With great clothier advertising on back for a Chicago, Illinois store named Mandel Brothers, these are in nice condition, but please enlarge our images to judge this for yourself so you can be happy with your purchase. Remember, folks, this stuff's called ephemera because it was made to be used and then thrown away. So we're just happy to have things like this survive history in any condition so we can add it to our collections. We are members of APIC and sell onlyauthentic presidential (and other collectible) material so buy with confidence. We'll be happy to combine S & H costs on multiple purchases. Shipping on this will be $4.50 carefully packed with tracking.