Black and White photo of the couple signed on front by White (:with warm Regards, Walter White")

By White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955, and Poppy Cannon, 1905-1975
Very Good. 17 x 11 cm black and white photo. Pencilled note ("Houston post") on back which is stamped twice in red "Do Not Bend" and "1249." Corners round but that seems to be a later amateur trim. White's inscription and signature have a bit of smudging and some of the blue ink ahas migrated to White's white jacket. A This image, sometimes including lower portions of the couple and a wider background but without White's inscription, shows up online where we found the photo identified as having been taken by Rangaswamy Satakopan, an AP photographer in India. It appears to have been taken of the couple in New Delhi, India on July 24, 1949, only 18 days after they married in New York City. Perhaps they were on their honeymoon. Cannon had been married three times before she became White's second wife. The marriage was controversial since Walter White, a light complected African American was head of the NAACP and Cannon was a white woman who had been born in South Africa.

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Title

Black and White photo of the couple signed on front by White (:with warm Regards, Walter White")

Author

White, Walter Francis, 1893-1955, and Poppy Cannon, 1905-1975

Condition

Very Good


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