J. Edgar Hoover, signed portrait photograph, 4" x 6", and a typed letter signed on official FBI letterhead, 10.5" x 8". The black-and-white portrait shows Hoover seated in suit and tie, signed in blue ink beneath the image. Accompanied by a TLS dated October 18, 1962, on United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation stationery, addressed to a Minnesota correspondent regarding inquiry into employment with the FBI, signed in ink as Director. The photograph with light toning and minor edge wear; letter with light toning, small stains and handling wear, signature clear and unaffected.
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924. After 11 years in the post, Hoover became instrumental in founding the FBI in June 1935, where he remained as director for an additional 37 years until his death in May 1972 – serving a total of 48 years leading both the BOI and the FBI and under eight Presidents.
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