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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1185

Booth, Evangeline Cory (1865-1950). Fourth General of the Salvation Army (1934-1939), born in South Hackney, London, the daughter of the founders of the Salvation Army; was sent to NY after her brother and his wife created a break-away group and tried to tempt away Army members, when she found the doors of the Army´s base on 14th St. locked against her she "mounted the fire escape and climbed through the rear window", when the dissidents hissed and booed her, she wrapped the U.S. flag around herself and told them "Hiss that, if you dare." Signed Photo. About 8x10 B&W depiction of Booth clad in Salvation Army attire, seated at a writing desk, a log or book before her, she signs below "To my sweet and loving friend. Now and always, Evangeline Booth Nov. 1934". About Very Fine

Estimate
$75 to $125