Gallery of History Inc.

GalleryofHistory.com is a division of The Gallery of History, Inc., the largest dealer in the world with an inventory which exceeds 180,000 autographs and manuscripts collected over a 38-year period by Todd M. Axelrod, President, respected authority in the field. Mr. Axelrod is the author of three books on the subject (click here to view his latest work).

In his first month in office, the President greets the Apollo-Soyuz astronauts. Photograph signed: "Gerald Ford", "Tom Stafford", "Vance Brand" and "D.K. Slayton". B/w, 10x8 overall, image 9 x6 (one surface). Official NASA photograph taken in the White House on September 7, 1974. In addition to President Ford and the three American astronauts, the two Soviet cosmonauts (Valery N. Kubasov and Alexei A. Leonov), Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, NASA Deputy Administrator George M. Low and Soviet Chief of Cosmonaut Training George V. Shatalov are also pictured. The Soviet cosmonauts and support crew members were touring Washington, D.C., September 7-8, 1974. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was the first manned space flight conducted jointly by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Both Apollo and Soyuz were launched from their respective countries on July 15, 1975. The docking in space of the two crafts occurred on July 17, and joint operations were conducted for two full days. Soyuz landed in the U.S.S.R. on July 21st and Apollo landed near Hawaii on July 24th. For further information on Apollo-Soyuz, go to http://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/apollo/astp.stm. Fine condition.

Photograph inscribed and signed: "Kindest regards to A.F. Ruppenthal/Harry S Truman". B/w, 14x11. Chase-Statler, Washington, D.C. Harry S Truman (1884-1972) had been Vice President only 82 days when he assumed the presidency upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's death (April 12, 1945). Faced with the ordeal of ending WWII, Truman oversaw the surrender of Germany (May 7) and ordered the atomic bombings on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9). He fought the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine (1947), a policy granting Greece and Turkey $400 million in economic and military aid to help them fight Communist aggression. By the end of 1945, Truman had introduced economic measures that would become part of his Fair Deal program (1949). As a result, the minimum wage was increased from 40 to 75 cents an hour through an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and Social Security benefits were extended to include approximately 10 million more people (1950). In his second term, Truman ordered U.S. forces into action when North Korean troops invaded American-supported South Korea (1950). Fine condition. Framed in Gallery of History style: 22 x27.

Michael Rosenman, M.D., Ph.D., has been a practicing physician specializing in the field of Pediatrics since 1988. Prior to establishing private practice offices in Las Vegas in 1996, Dr. Rosenman was associated with UCLA's Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, and with Children's Hospital in Orange County, California. His practice employs multiple offices and physicians.

Named head of the astronaut group in June 1969, he helped select flight crews for Projects Apollo and Skylab. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Mary/with my very Best wishes/General/Tom Stafford/Gemini VI, IX/Apollo X/Apollo-Soyuz". Color, 8x10. Stafford has logged 507 hours and 43 minutes in space flight and wears the Air Force Command Pilot Astronaut Wings. He has flown over 110 different types of aircraft and has over 7,100 flying hours. Stafford was cited in the Guiness Book of World Records for the highest speed ever attained by man. This occurred during Apollo 10's reentry when the spacecraft attained 28,547 statute miles per hour. This set the world's all-time speed record. Stafford was promoted to Three-Star Lieutenant General on March 15, 1978. Fine condition.

Roger Schneier was appointed to the Board of Directors on May 22, 2006. Mr. Schnier has been retired since January 2005. Prior to his retirement he was President for twenty-five years of Ben's Auto Parts and Be-Mack Warehouse, both located in Bronx, New York.