POST-WAR ORIGINAL PRESS PHOTOGRAPH RELATING TO WINSTON CHURCHILL
"Winnie's Pooch"
1954
Wide World Photos [New York]
(9 x 7 1/8 inches) Black & white gelatin print.
Item Number: 213037
$650.00
Description
Typed paper caption on verso, dated Sept. 1950, reads:
“A London firm has completed an order from Mr. Winston Churchill for two pairs of blue velvet carpet slippers embroidered with scrollwork in gold wire and with his initials in 2 1/4 gold letters on the toes. They cost $14 a pair. The first pair were ordered during the war, and Mr. Churchill wore them with his siren suit. Photo shows: Mr. Churchill’s ornate slippers, which will be sent to him tonight.”
The photograph is in very good condition, virtually mint. The verso is ink-stamped: “Wide World Photos.”