[dennis kirban]

As the title suggests whose autograph(s) do you own personally? I will start off with a few that actually were passed down to me by my Dad after he passed away.

My Dad grew up during the depression and from age 7 until he graduated from high school went to Girard College in Philadelphia a school for fatherless or for poor people. (His brother who was few years older also went there)

What he would do was to write politicians and movie stars requesting a autograph from them. Most would honor his request with a black and white photographed signed. In some cases it was signed personally to my Dad Salem Kirban.

I have two old albums that have his collection of autographs in them. I had a few framed that I recognize. Most are politicians I never heard of.

However those in the movie industry some have proved to be very well known. For example I have one from Betty Davis, Helen Hayes, Linda Danelle (who was I think was voted most beautiful woman in the mid 1940s).

I also have Walt Disney, Cecil Demille, and Frank Capra. Frank Capra was the producer or director of the Christmas movie Its a wonderful Life starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.

Back then autographs were basically free unlike many that you would get today.

Those are just some of the ones I have....


What do you have?

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note: I may have some of their names spelled wrong.