President Ronald Reagan - Check Signed 08/18/1948

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About President Ronald Reagan - Check Signed 08/18/1948

RONALD REAGAN Ronald Reagan fills out and signs a 1948 personal check for $90.00 to Charles Hibbs. Partly Printed Check filled out and signed: "Ronald Reagan", 5¾x2½. Los Angeles, 1948 August 18. Drawn on his account at the Bank of America, payable to Charles Hibbs for $90.00. At the time he signed this check, Reagan was President of the Screen Actors Guild. As union president in 1947, he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee about communists in Hollywood. Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) had two careers: actor and politician. His first movie was Love is on the Air (1937) and his 53rd and last film was The Killers (1964). In 1965, he wrote his autobiography, Where's the Rest of Me?, a line from his role as Drake McHugh in King's Row (1942). Reagan left his job hosting television's Death Valley Days during the 1965-1966 season, when he entered politics. Elected Governor of California in 1966, he was reelected in 1970. Reagan began his campaign for the presidency and narrowly lost the 1976 Republican nomination to Gerald Ford. He was elected President in 1980 and was reelected in 1984. After leaving office in 1989, he wrote his second autobiography, An American Life. On February 6, 2001, Reagan became just the third U.S. President to reach the age of 90 and the nation's longest living President until Gerald Ford (d. 2006) lived 45 days longer. Numerous notes on front (unknown hand). Bank pencil note touches parts of "Reagan". Fine condition. - Please contact us if you have any questions or require additional information. DOCUMENT 16976