1976 Cary Grant + Betty Ford + Son Original AP 8x10 Gelatin Silver Photo for Sale

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1976 Cary Grant + Betty Ford + Son Original AP 8x10 Gelatin Silver Photo For Sale

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1976 Cary Grant + Betty Ford + Son Original AP 8x10 Gelatin Silver Photo:
$199.00

This 8/1/1960 Original Associated Press 8x10 Gelatin Silver Photo is the exact item you will receive and has been certified Authentic by REM Fine Collectibles.
First Lady Betty Ford, center, poses with her son Steve Ford, right, and actor Cary Grant as they were leaving a private reception in her honor at the Bistro Restaurant, May 7, 1976, Beverly Hills, Calif. Steve, the youngest son of President and Mrs. Ford came up from Newport Beach, Calif., where he lives while attending school, to have dinner with his mother. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
Elizabeth Anne Ford April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011) was the first lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of former president Gerald Ford. As first lady, she was active in social policy and set a precedent as a politically active presidential spouse. Ford also was the second lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974 when her husband was vice president.
Throughout her husband\'s time in the office of the presidency, she maintained high approval ratings and was considered to be an influential first lady. Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy. In addition, she was a passionate supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
As a supporter of abortion rights and a leader in the women\'s rights movement, she gained fame as one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on the hot-button issues of the time, such as feminism, equal pay, the Equal Rights Amendment, sex, drugs, and abortion.
Surveys of historians conducted by the Siena College Research Institute have shown that historians regard Ford to be among the best and most courageous American first ladies.
Following her years in the White House, Ford continued to lobby for the ERA and remained active in the feminist movement.
Soon after leaving office, she raised awareness of addiction when she sought help for and publicly disclosed her long-running struggle with alcoholism and substance abuse. After recovering, she founded and served as the first chair of the board of directors of the Betty Ford Center, which provides treatment services for people with substance use disorders.
Ford also became involved in causes related to HIV/AIDS. For years after leaving the White House, Ford continued to enjoy great influence and popularity, continuing to rank in the top ten of Gallup\'s annual most admired woman poll every year through 1991.
Ford was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by George H. W. Bush in 1991. She was also awarded the Congressional Gold Medal as a co-recipient with President Ford in 1998.Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor known for his Mid-Atlantic accent, debonair demeanor, lighthearted approach to acting, and sense of comedic timing. He was one of classic Hollywood\'s definitive leading men. He was nominated twice for the Academy Award, received an Academy Honorary Award in 1970, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 1981.
He was named the second greatest male star of the Golden Age of Hollywood by the American Film Institute in 1999Biographers Morecambe and Stirling believe that Cary Grant was the \"greatest leading man Hollywood had ever known\".
Schickel stated that there are \"very few stars who achieve the magnitude of Cary Grant, art of a very high and subtle order\" and thought that he was the \"best star actor there ever was in the movies\". David Thomson and directors Stanley Donen and Howard Hawks concurred that Grant was the greatest and most important actor in the history of the cinema.
He was a favorite of Hitchcock\'s, who admired him and called him \"the only actor I ever loved in my whole life\". He remained one of Hollywood\'s top box-office attractions for almost 30 years. Pauline Kael stated that the world still thinks of him affectionately because he \"embodies what seems a happier time−a time when we had a simpler relationship to a performer\".