Description
Inscribed photograph of Vice President George H.W. Bush during the 1988 Republican Presidential Campaign, inscribed on May 28, 1988.
Color photograph, measures 10″ x 8″, printed on high gloss Kodak Paper. Touch of wear to the photograph from handing, no notable damage. Printing information on verso: “Official White House Photograph / 12 OCT 87 / G17880-29.” Includes a typed note on Vice Presidential stationary, affixed to verso of photograph, signed by George Bush in black pen. The photograph is inscribed on the bottom white matte: “Red – These Bushes and More send you our warm best wishes – Get well fast! We need you. George Bush / May 25, 1988.”
The recipient of this note and photograph was Lavern C. “Red” Sullivan, a plumber and resident jokester at Fort McNair. Called “Big Red” by Vice President Bush in other correspondences, Sullivan was known to dress up as Santa at Christmastime to entertain with the U.S. Army band.
