100th Anniversary celebration at Wheatland. Identified from left to right: R. E. Fellers, Director, Division of Philately; E. George Siedle, Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Transportation; Samuel C. Slaymaker, Buchanan Foundation; Albert J. Robertson, Assistant Postmaster General and Controller, Bureau of Finance; John B. Rengier, President, Buchanan Foundation; Frederic S. Klein, Director of Public Relations, Buchanan Foundation. Taken in Mr. Siedle's office, Washington, D. C., at time of decision to issue Wheatland stamp commemorating a Presidential shrine in Pennylvania, in the 100th anniversary year of the election of James Buchanan to the presidency, 1856. Five copies of photograph. Taken for the Post Office Department of the United States of America.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
Dedication of U. S. Postage Stamp of Wheatland. Congressman Paul B. Dague inspects the original engraving of the Wheatland stamp, shown by E. George Siedle, Assistant Postmaster General in Washington, D. C. Taken for the Post Office Department, United States of America.
Provenance
Photographs from the James Buchanan Foundation institutional archives.
