Item #40506 Autograph Note, Signed “To my fellow scientist Alfred Eisenstaedt Linus Pauling 12 November 1954 Philadelphia” [With, on verso:] Autograph signatures of Sam RAYBURN, Texas legislator and longtime Speaker of the House, and Joseph W. MARTIN Jr., Speaker of the House. Linus Pauling.

Autograph Note, Signed “To my fellow scientist Alfred Eisenstaedt Linus Pauling 12 November 1954 Philadelphia” [With, on verso:] Autograph signatures of Sam RAYBURN, Texas legislator and longtime Speaker of the House, and Joseph W. MARTIN Jr., Speaker of the House.

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6-3/4 x 5-1/4 in. 1 vols. Fine.

Item #40506

An excellent sentiment from 1954 Nobel laureate in chemistry Linus Pauling (who was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize) to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt.
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961) was a Democratic congressman from Texas, 1913-1961; he was Speaker of the U.S. House for three stretches during his incumbency, 1940-1947, 1949-1953, 1955-1961 and died in office.
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (1884-1968) was a Republican congressman from Massachusetts, 1925-1967, and Speaker of the U.S. House, 1947-1949 and 1953-1955.