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Pretzel
Boy Central : Gallery : Historical
Historical and Political Autograph Successes
SP=Signed Photo SIC=Signed Index Card
ISP=Inscribed SP c=Color bw=Black &
White
To write to any current U.S astronaut, address letter to:
NASA, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058
(letters to past astronauts at this address will result
in preprints)
To write to a present or former member of the Supreme Court,
try:
Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. 20543
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George
Bush (U.S. President 1989-1993)
710 North Post Oak Rd., Suite 208, Houston, TX 77024
Recieved 8x10 c preprint photo and note from his office
George
W. Bush (U.S. President 2001-2007)
PO Box 1902, Austin, TX 78767-1902
Recieved (his) signed 3x5 card and TLS (both autopen)
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Jimmy Carter
(U.S. President 1977-1981)
One Copenhill, Atlanta, GA 30307
Recieved 8x10 c preprint photo
Bill Clinton
(U.S. President 1993-2001)
President@whitehouse.gov
Recieved 8x10 c preprint photo
Hillary
Rodham Clinton (First Lady 1993-2001)
First.Lady@whitehouse.gov
Recieved 3.5x5 c preprint photo and preprint TLS OUT:
January 1999 IN: March 1999
Dr. Denton
Cooley (Pioneer heart surgeon)
PO Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225
Recieved bw 5x7 photo and dated SC
Archibald
Cox (Watergate prosecuter)
Glesen Lane, Wayland, MA 01778
SIC (acquired in trade)
Francis
Crick (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, Nobel
Prize winner)
c/o Salk Institute, PO Box 85800, San Diego, CA 92186-5800
Charges $10 for a signed card. Call (691) 543-4100 for pictures.
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Benjamin
O. Davis, Jr. (legendary African American general)
Ben Davis, 1001 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22209
Recieved SC (stamped?)
Michael
DeBakey (pioneer heart surgeon)
c/o Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston,
TX 77030
Recieved SC
Bob Dole
(former Senator, failed bid for U.S. Presidency)
1035 Maple Drive, Russell, KS 67665
Recieved c ISP
Elizabeth
Dole (former President of Red Cross, politician)
Office of the President, American Red Cross, National Headquarters,
430 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006
1035 Maple Drive, Russel, KS 67665
Recieved c ISP
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Thomas
Ferebee (Enola Gay bombardier)
9014 Ron Den Lane, Windermere, FL 34786
(Mr. Ferebee charges $10 for a SP of the plane, and $15 for
a crew photo) [read note]
Gerald Ford
(U.S. President 1974-1977)
PO Box 927, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Recieved 8x10 c SP and SIC (Mr. Ford charges $3.00 for a photo)
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Bill
Gates (CEO of Microsoft, monopolist)
1
Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052 billg@microsoft.com
Received
5x7 c autopen
John Glenn
(Ohio senator, first astronaut to orbit Earth, oldest man
in space)
1214 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
senator_glenn@glenn.senate.gov
Recieved SC
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Robert Heft
(designer of U.S. 50 star flag)
4098 Green Street, Saginaw, MI 48603
Recieved SIC and signed biographical paper
Joseph
Heller (author of "Catch-22")
(deceased)
SIC (acquired in trade)
Sir Edmund
Hillary (first to scale Mt. Everest)
278A Remuera Road, Auckland, SE2, NEW ZEALAND
Recieved SIC
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Charles
Lindberg (flag raiser at Iwo Jima)
6239 Humbolt Ave. S, Richfield, MN 55423-1211
Charges $5 per signed photo plus $1 shipping.
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Nelson
Mandela (President of South Africa)
Tuynhuys, Cape Town 8000, SOUTH AFRICA
Recieved c preprint photo and 2 preprint index cards with
letter on official stationary
Alberta
Martin (last remaining Confederate Civil War veteran
widow)
Elba, AL 36323
Recieved SC and my signed FDC
Walter
Mondale (former Vice President)
c/o Dorsey & Whitney, 2200 First Bank Place East, Minneapolis,
MN 55402
Recieved SIC
Robert
Morgan (captain of WWII Memphis Belle and Dauntless
Dottie)
ordered from his web site: http://www.memphis-belle.com
Charged $12 for the photo I bought.
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Richard
"Dick" Nelson (Enola Gay radio operator)
2371 Jefferson St., Riverside, CA 92504
(Mr. Nelson charges $10 for a signature) [read
note]
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Colin Powell
(former Joint Chiefs of Staff, 4 Star General, Persian
Gulf War)
310 S. Henry St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Recieved c 8x10 SP
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Dan Quayle
(Vice President under Bush, excellent speller)
6263 North Scottsdale Road #292, Scottsdale, AZ 85250-5402
Recieved a nice c ISP
R
Ronald
and Nancy Reagan (U.S. President 1981-1989)
11000 Wilshire Blvd, LA, CA 90024
Recieved c 8x10 preprint
Dr. Sally
K. Ride (first U.S. woman astronaut)
c/o California Space Institute, 9500 Gilman Drive, MS 0221,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0221
$10 per signed photo, payable to The SMC Foundation - Dale
Ride Internship. You must include a SASE. This is an intern
program established at Santa Monica College in memory of her
late father.
Robert E.
Rubin (former United States Secretary of the Treasury)
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N Washington,
D.C. 20220
Recieved [my] $1 bill signed with letter from his assistant
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Glenn T.
Seaborg (one of the century's greatest scientists)
(deceased at the age of 86 in 1999)
Recieved preprinted periodic table and letter from assistant
explaining inability to sign due to illness.
Helen Sharman
(Britain's first astronaut)
Concorde House, 101 Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 7LP, England
Recieved bw 5x7 SP
Lawrence
H. Summers (United States Secretary of the Treasury)
Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N Washington,
D.C. 20220
Recieved [my] two $1 bills signed with letter from his assistant.
OUT: 5-10-00 IN: 5-20-00
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Edward
Teller (father of the H-Bomb)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of CA,
PO Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551
Recieved b & w SP and SC
Dave Thomas
(CEO and founder of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers)
Wendy's International, PO Box 256, West Dublin-Granville Road,
Dublin, OH 43017
Recieved 8x10 c ISP, TLS, and coupons
Strom
Thurmond (SC Senator)
1214 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
senator@thurmond.senate.gov
Recieved c 8x10 ISP
Paul Tibbets
(Enola Gay pilot)
5574 Knollwood Drive, Columbus, OH 43227
Recieved SC (Mr. Tibbets charges $10 for a signature) [read
note]
Charles
H. Townes (invented the LASER, Nobel Prize in physics)
University of California, Dept. of Physics, Berkeley, CA 94720
Recieved SC
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Theodore
"Dutch" Van Kirk (Enola Gay navigator)
18 Bonnie Brae Drive, Novato, CA 94949
Recieved SC (Mr. Van Kirk charges $10 for a signature) [read
note]
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James D.
Watson (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA)
c/o Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, PO Box 100, 1 Bungtown
Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Recieved letter explaining inability to sign from assistant,
preprinted photo, and photocopied article from TIME. On a
second attempt he signed an index card and an Apple Computer
"Think Different" ad.
General
William C. Westmoreland (Commander of all Vietnam
forces)
107 1/2 Tradd, Box 1059, Charleston, SC 29401
Recieved 2 SCs
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Chuck Yeager
(first man to travel at the speed of sound)
PO Box 128, Cedar Ridge, CA 95924
Recieved SC
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