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CHURCHILL, Sir WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER (1874-1965). Photograph postcard signed and dated ("Winston S. Churchill 1905"), by Thomson (imprint from negative), by Rotary Photo (imprint on margin), n.p., n.d. [circa 1905]. 136 x 85 mm. (5 3/8 x 3 5/16 in.), including margins, newspaper clipping attached to verso, minor crease to lower left corner. A half-length portrait of the youthful Churchill, signed on the lower margin.
"When this photograph was made Churchill was famous as a correspondent in the recent Boer War and a promising young member of Parliament. His political fortunes met many reversals before he emerged as leader of Great Britain during the darkest days of World War II"--W.M.
"When this photograph was made Churchill was famous as a correspondent in the recent Boer War and a promising young member of Parliament. His political fortunes met many reversals before he emerged as leader of Great Britain during the darkest days of World War II"--W.M.