Description
White House photograph of President William H. Taft, inscribed to his friend, journalist Lawrence P. Stanton.
Black and white photograph, full piece measures 25cm x 35cm. Photography by Harris & Ewing of Washington, D.C. Additional photograph of Stanton affixed to Taft photograph.
Inscribed by President Taft along the bottom edge: “For Lawrence P. Stanton of the Beverly Times = with best wishes / Wm. H. Taft / Oct. 13, 1910.”
Lawrence P. Stanton was a Beverly newspaperman and Boston Herald correspondent who reported on the city during William Howard Taft’s four seasons at the “Beverly Summer White House.” The two became friends, with Stanton covering Taft’s daily activities for the newspaper.
