$70
ADNA CHAFFEE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH, GENERAL SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, H 9 1/2", W 6":signed black and white portrait photo of Lt. General Adna Romanza Chaffee in full dress uniform. Inscribed: "With Kind Regards Very Sincerely, Adna Chaffee Lt. Genl USA". Pierre McDonald Studios, New York. Wood frame. General Chaffee in 1861enlisted as a private in the Civil War and on January 8, 1904 he was promoted to Lieutenant General and Army Chief of Staff of the entire U.S. Army. It had taken him 43 years. From the Frederick Moulton Alger (1876-1933), estate, U.S. cavalry Spanish American War with Teddy Roosevelt, colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; director, Packard Motor Company.
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2014-10-17