9.75 x 7.25 inches, heavy stock deckle-edged black-and-white portrait, no place, no date, circa 1910, signed "S. Baruch" -- a distinguished shoulder-up image with his trademark small rimmed glasses and Van Dyke beard. Outstanding contrast as Baruch has signed on the white border below his image. Near fine condition. Jewish physician and pioneer of hydrotherapy in the United States but best known as the father of financier Bernard Baruch. He began his career as a surgeon in the Confederate Army, twice being captured by Union troops. After the battle of Gettysburg, upon General Lee's retreat, he was ordered to stay behind to care for some 225 seriously wounded Southern soldiers. His legacy lives on with a Medical School in North Carolina and a Public School in New York City named after him. Seller Inventory # 265865

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Scarce Signed Photograph

Publication Date: 1910

Binding: unbound

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
116 East 59th Street, New York, NY, 10022, U.S.A.

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Argosy Book Store, Inc.
Benjamin Lowry
116 East 59th Street
New York, NY 10022
USA

telephone 212-753-4455
fax 212-593-4784
email argosy@argosybooks.com

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UPS is $14.00 for 1st volume, $3.00 for each additional volume.

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