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JOHN F. KENNEDY * Physics Lab Notebook Page * Signed by LEM BILLINGS Autograph
$350.00
Guaranteed Authentic
A "BORROWED" PAGE FROM 17-YEAR-OLD JOHN F. KENNEDY'S 1935 CHOATE SCHOOL PHYSICS NOTEBOOK
35th President of the United States JOHN F. KENNEDY scarce and authentic 1935 Choate School Physics Lab page from his personal notebook. As a teenager, JFK attended Choate, a prestigious private boarding school in Connecticut.
THIS PAGE FROM JFK's PHYSICS LAB NOTEBOOK IS ENTIRELY IN THE HAND OF LEM BILLINGS.
A number of the pages found within Kennedy’s notebook were from close, friend Kirk LeMoyne “Lem” Billings, a prep school roommate of Kennedy at Choate. Often described as President Kennedy’s “First Friend”, Billings even repeated his senior year so that he and JFK could graduate from Choate together in 1935.
Interestingly, several of Kennedy’s own pages closely mirror the older Billings’ completed assignments. It appears Kennedy may have "borrowed" some of his classmates work.
Kirk LeMoyne "Lem" Billings was an American businessman known for his close and long-time friendship with John F. Kennedy and the Kennedy family. Billings was a prep school roommate of JFK at Choate, an usher at his wedding and a campaigner for his successful 1960 presidential bid. Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. called him "my second son”. Later, Billings served with Sargent Shriver as a trustee for the Kennedy family trusts.
SIGNATURIST-INK has acquired over a dozen pages from JFK's Physics notebook, found by a fellow Choate alumnus in the Spring of 1958 while rummaging in the attic of the school's Worthington Hall prior to a remodel, and retained with the permission of the Alumni Director of the School. We are one of eBay's leading sellers of authentic JFK autographs and memorabilia.
Purchase includes original Letter of Authenticity from SIGNATURIST-INK certifying the page came from JFK's physics notebook. Image of notebook pages is shown FOR REFERENCE ONLY. This auction is for one (1) page from John F. Kennedy's Physics Lab notebook. Please ask any questions if you are unclear. Also included with sale will be a COPY of the pictured original letter of provenance for the notebook.
Own a remarkable, one-of-a kind, investment-quality piece of American history! The perfect gift for the Presidential collector, JFK devotee, autograph enthusiast, or History buff.
Sold as is, as shown.