James E. (Jimmy) Carter, Photograph Signed, Inscribed to Bill Headline

Description

Jimmy Carter adds his autograph and a date to a color photograph. The photograph bears a printed inscription.

In full: “With best wishes / to Bill Headline / Jimmy Carter 5-80.” The back of the photo bears a stamp that reads “OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH / THE WHITE HOUSE/ 31 May 80 017310000A. We are assuming the photo was taken in Washington, DC as Carter taped an episode of Face the Nation, there on that day. 

Bill Headline was from Cleveland, but was raised in East Aurora, N.Y. He was a geology graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and a Navy intelligence officer before starting a journalism career. In the early 1960s, he worked for Louis Harris and Associates in New York, gathering polling data. Next, he worked for CBS in New York covering the 1964 presidential election. He was  promoted to senior vice president of the network before moving to Washington in 1974, accepting an assistant bureau chief position. He held that position for nine years, organizing coverage of political conventions, overseas presidential trips, papal visits and other events. He was a network pool producer during President Richard Nixon’s resignation.

Included with the signed photograph is another photograph of Mr. Headline and President Carter. We are assuming it was from the same day, as both men are wearing the same clothes. That photograph bears a handwritten date of 1979; however we are more inclined to believe the White House date.

Very Good++, minor edge wear to photograph.

Carter, James (Jimmy) E. Color Photograph, Signed; Printed Inscription to Bill Headline. Washington, DC, 31 May 1980, 8″ x 10″.