{"product_id":"helen-keller-autograph-handwritten-note-signed-and-inscribed-1938-psa","title":"HELEN KELLER Autograph HANDWRITTEN NOTE Signed and Inscribed 1938 * PSA","description":"\u003cpre data-hook=\"description\" class=\"skK8UF\" style=\"border: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word; text-overflow: ellipsis;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eAmerican author, disability rights advocate, educator and lecturer HELEN KELLER uncommon handwritten autograph note signed on her personal stationery, commending \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#0039f3\" style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Jean \/ whom I shall remember \/ for her true and leal \u003c\/i\u003e(sic) \/ \u003ci\u003eheart \/ Helen Keller  April 29th, 1938\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e. Keller writes from her home in Forest Hills, NY to compliment an unknown \"Jean\" for her presumably \"loyal\" heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-line;\"\u003eIn 1938, the world-famous 57 year old Keller had just published her book, \u003ci\u003eHelen Keller's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and met First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Keller also traveled to Rochester, MN for a medical evaluation at the Mayo Clinic and visited classrooms of deaf students. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cstrong style='font-family: \"Market Sans\", Arial, sans-serif;'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eLater that year, she left her Queens, NY home to relocate to her custom-built estate called Arcan Ridge in Connecticut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"first-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eKeller learned to use block printing, her handwriting was consistently upright like the writing in calligraphy. Her handwriting and signature bears this specific style because of the use of an assistive writing board and a method called \"square-hand\". People with visual disabilities would place a piece of paper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eon the writing board which had horizontal grooves in it, creating lines that could be felt as a person's hand moved across the page, keeping their writing straight. Writing within the grooves gave letters a square appearance, hence the term.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003eThe HELEN KELLER handwritten note has been thoroughly reviewed and CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC BY PSA\/DNA EXPERT EXAMINATION and encapsulated using PSA\/DNA's proprietary sonically-sealed slab technology. GUARANTEED GENUINE. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Tahoma\" size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eCondition is as shown with toning and expected mailing folds consistent with age, use and handling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.2px; white-space: pre-line;\"\u003e Please review images carefully for exact condition. Note measures appx. 7.25\" x 9.75\" inside 10\" x 13\" encapsulate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Market Sans\", Arial, sans-serif;'\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"white-space: normal; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eBuy with confidence – we are among eBay's elite \"Top Rated\" and \"Most Reputable Sellers\" of authentic historic autographs and artifacts since 1998 with 100% positive feedback! Please view our exceptional feedback and ratings, and our additional historic autograph and artifact auctions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\" face=\"Tahoma\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"second-half\" style=\"white-space: normal; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;\"\u003eA handsome and impressive addition to any truly exceptional autograph collection. 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