Original black-and-white portrait photograph mounted on matboard in a glass-fronted picture frame with thin gilt border. Metal wire also on the back. The photo shows all nine judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit facing viewers in a room lined with bookshelves. The judges pose for the photo from behind a desk; five are seated in chairs and four stand in the background. All nine judges have signed below the photo on the matboard in black ink. May 13, 1954. 16 1/2" x 13 3/4." Photo is very clean and intact except for minuscule edge wear. Matboard is very clean and intact except for light age toning and a few tiny stains not affecting signatures. Signatures are virtually pristine and intact except for some fading and discoloration. Picture frame is likewise very clean and intact except for slight wear to extremities, some surface scratches, slight fading to gilt border, and a few small punctures to its brown paper backing. A Very Good copy. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a U.S. federal court of appeals. It currently covers nine states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawai'i, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington) and two territories (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands) and has twenty-nine judgeships. At the time of this photo on May 13, 1954, there were only nine judgeships in the Ninth Circuit. The judges who are pictured in photo and have signed beneath it are Homer T. Bone (1883-1970), Albert Lee Stephens (1874-1965), Dal M. Lemmon (1887-1958), Walter L. Pope (1889-1969), James Alger Fee (1888-1959), William Denman (1872-1959), William Healy (1881-1962), Richard H. Chambers (1906-1994), and William E. Orr (1881-1965).
Title: Original Signed Photograph of All Nine Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Location Published: 1954
Binding: No Binding
Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Type: Photographic Image
Categories: Western Americana, U.S. History, Law
Seller ID: 025358
