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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B

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)

 


C

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.

 


D

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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F

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

 


H

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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L

Charles Lindberg (flag raiser at Iwo Jima)
6239 Humbolt Ave. S, Richfield, MN 55423-1211
Charges $5 per signed photo plus $1 shipping.


M

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.

 


N

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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P

Colin Powell (former Joint Chiefs of Staff, 4 Star General, Persian Gulf War)
310 S. Henry St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Recieved c 8x10 SP

 


Q

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

 


S

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

 


T

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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V

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]

 


W

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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