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Holiday greeting card from General Hines, with image at top of Egyptian pyramids, men on camels in a ‘copper metallic’ relief cartouche, surrounded by what appears to be hand-colored: candles, decoration, etc..
“I am very grateful for your Christmas remembrance and wish you a Happy New Year”
Signed ‘Frank T. Hines’
Undated.
Some toning along edges.
3 ⅞” x 5 ¾”
General Frank T. Hines (1879-1960)
He joined the Utah Light Artillery in 1898 and served in the United States military during the Spanish American War , becoming a second lieutenant. He was a captain by World War I, was promoted three times in 1918, and as a brigadier general served as chief of the Embarkation Service with responsibility for transporting more than 2 million soldiers to Europe in 18 months and shipping them home in 8 months.
He retired from the army in 1920 and became president of the Baltic Steamship Company.
Hines served as the administrator of the Veterans Bureau from his appointment by President Harding in 1923 to 1930, then as the first administrator of its successor, the Veteran's Administration, from 1930 to 1945.
He then served as United States Ambassador to Panama and negotiated an agreement for the United States to lease bases there, where troops had been stationed during the war. The Panama Assembly rejected the agreement by a unanimous vote. Hines resigned in 1947.
