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Typed Letter and Card signed by Lowell Thomas

Inv# AU1609
Typed Letter and Card signed by Lowell Thomas
State(s): New York
Years: 1935

Typed Letter and Tall Story Club card signed by Lowell Thomas. Cover also included.

Lowell Jackson Thomas (April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981) was an American writer, actor, broadcaster, and traveler, best remembered for publicising T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). He was also involved in promoting the Cinerama widescreen system. Thomas was a relentless self-promoter, and he persuaded railroads to give him free passage in exchange for articles extolling rail travel. When he visited Alaska, he hit upon the idea of the travelogue, movies about faraway places. When the United States entered World War I, President Wilson sent him and others to "compile a history of the conflict", but the mission was not academic. The war was not popular in the United States, and Thomas was sent to find material that would encourage the American people to support it. He did not want to merely write about the war, he wanted to film it.

Condition: Excellent
Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
Price: $55.00