1911 US PRESIDENT TAFT Iowa DES MOINES Breakfast Invitation for Sale

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1911 US PRESIDENT TAFT Iowa DES MOINES Breakfast Invitation For Sale

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1911 US PRESIDENT TAFT Iowa DES MOINES Breakfast Invitation:
$24.95

Antique original 1911 printed invitation and postal cover. \"The Greater Des Moines Committee requests your presence at a Breakfast to the President of the United States on...nineteen hundred and eleven...\"
The letter is addressed to Mr. Ed J. Moore who was a Republican Iowa state representative in 1911.
This invitation does NOT mention President Taft by name, only \"President of the United States,\" but this breakfast is recorded inTHE PALIMPSEST

\"In the fall of 1911, after occupying the White House for two and a half years, Taft made an ex tensive 46-day tour of the West and Mid-West, spending two days in Iowa. His position as head of the Republican party was being challenged by the Progressives and the tour was made “with the object of feeling the public pulse.\"

…When the presidential party arrived in Des Moines on the morning of September 29, it was taken directly to the Grant Club where breakfast was served to invited guests, and where the in formality and cordiality of the occasion made it one to be long remembered. President Taft, with his ready wit and jovial manner, was the \"life of the party.\" Senator Cummins was one of the first to greet the President in Des Moines and welcome him to the capital city. Again, as in former years, political differences were by-passed while the President of the United States and the distinguished Senator from Iowa greeted each other cordially.\"

6 by 7 1/4 inches.
Some soil and wear. Please see photos for condition.
Guaranteed old and original.