Chester Bowles Autograph
Chester Bliss Bowles (April 5, 1901 – May 25, 1986) was an American diplomat and ambassador, governor of Connecticut, congressman and co-founder of a major advertising agency, Benton & Bowles, now part of Publicis Groupe. Bowles is best known for his influence on American foreign policy during Cold War years, when he argued that economic assistance to the Third World was the best means to fight communism, and even more important, to create a more peaceable world order. During World War II, he held high office in Washington as director of the Office of Price Administration, and control of setting consumer prices. Just after the war, he was the chief of the Office of Economic Stabilization, but had great difficulty controlling inflation. Moving into state politics, he served a term as governor of Connecticut from 1949 to 1951. He promoted liberal programs in education and housing, but was defeated for reelection by conservative backlash. More about Chester Bowles
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Chester Bowles was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Charles Allen Bowles and Nellie Seaver (Harris). Theirs was an old Yankee family. His grandfather Samuel Bowles was a leading Republican spokesman as editor of the Springfield Republican. His father made a middle-class living as a salesmen for the wood pulp industry. Chester's parents were arch-conservative Republicans who hated and feared big government. However, Chester's political views were shaped more by his aunt Ruth Standish Baldwin, who was a socialist, pacifist, friend of Norman Thomas, and leader in the early civil rights movements for Blacks. She inspired him to read deeply in politics, civil rights, and international affairs. Chester attended elite private schools – The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut, graduating in 1919. He matriculated at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1924. Decades later he recalled the Yale years "as a period of overwork, confusion and missed opportunities....It was unfashionable in or out of college to think much about anything." Read even more about Chester Bowles at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Chester Bowles
The most expensive item with a signature of Chester Bowles (1947 CHESTER BOWLES AUTOGRAPHED POLITICAL LETTER, GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT) was sold in August 2021 for $65.00 while the cheapest item (Chester Bowles Autographed Hand Signed Typed Letter Dated Apr 9, 1946) found a new owner for $0.99 in June 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2014 with an average selling price of $2.00 for an autographed item of Chester Bowles. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2013 with $38.01 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was October 2010. In average, an autographed item from Chester Bowles is worth $4.99.
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| Item Title | Price | Store | |
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 | 1961 Connecticut Congressman and Governor Chester Bowles Signed Autograph Letter | $19.95 | |
| Chester Bowles - Ct Gov/Ambassador to India/1959 Typed Letter Signed | $3.99 | |
| Chester Bowles 22nd Under Secretary Hand Signed Vintage Album Page | $2.25 | |
| Chester Bowles Autographed Hand Signed Typed Letter Dated Apr 9, 1946 | $0.99 | |
| Chester Bowles Autographed Letter 1949 78th Governor of Connecticut D.86 | $14.00 | |
| Chester Bowles Governor of Conneccticut (1949-51) Authentic Signed Letter -1957 | $2.00 | |
| CHESTER BOWLES SIGNED 1951 Letter RE Building A Stronger America | $4.99 | |
| Chester Bowles was an American diplomat Hand Signed 1960 Congress Letterhead | $8.76 | |
| Governor of Connecticut Chester Bowles Hand Signed Autograph Card | $2.14 | |
| Governor/Congressman Chester Bowles signed book Promises to Keep-First Edition | $4.00 | |