September 22, 2011
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WILSON, Woodrow (1856 - 1924) Twenty-eighth President of the United States who passed sweeping reform laws, gave women the right to vote, and led the United States through World War I setting the ground work for the League of Nations. Inscribed Signed Photo as President, 8-1/2' x 12," sepia, "To M.Clemenceau, With best wishes, of Woodrow Wilson." Blind stamp Harris & Ewing, Washington DC. Withdrawn from frame causes discoloration in margin, minor ink splat in margin. Georges Benjamin Clemenceau (1841-1929) was a French statesman, physician and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of France from 1906 to 1908, and again from 1916 to 1920. For nearly the final year of World War I he led France, and was one of the major voices behind the Treaty of Versailles at the Paris Peace Conference in the aftermath of the war.
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