photo signing of The United Nations Charter , Truman, Eisenhower , E. Roosevelt
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This same photo is in the Truman library. The signing of the U.N. Charter. It is mounted on board. has some dents and scuffs, see pictures, board is 17.5 x 14.5 in. Board is dirty and creased ask questions if you have them see all my de Young related auctions including books , photos , and documents De Young was born in St. Louis, Missouri , the son of Amelia ( née Morange) and Miechel de Young (possibly originally De Jong or De Jongh), who was a jeweler and dry-goods merchant. The family was Jewish , and immigrated from the Netherlands and France .[1] [2] His maternal grandfather, Benjamin Morange, served as the Minister from France to Spain under Napoleon. [3] De Young moved with his family to San Francisco, California while he was still young. There, he and his brother, Charles de Young, (1845–1880) founded the Daily Dramatic Chronicle newspaper , first published on January 16, 1865. The Chronicle was the predecessor of the San Francisco Chronicle , San Francisco's only remaining daily broadsheet newspaper. De Young was also the director of the Associated Press for many years. De Young was a Heald College graduate.In 1884, he was shot by an irate businessman, Adolph B. Spreckels , apparently due to a negative newspaper article, but survived. M. H. de Young died on February 15, 1925 and a Catholic church mass was held in St. Mary'
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