1909 William Taft Official Inaugural Program

Official Program to the 1909 Inauguration of William Taft as President of the United States. Thirty two page program full of information, photos etc. The program is in poor condition with rips, tears and pen marks throughout from someone who obviously attended the inauguration. Front cover is detached from program and back cover is missing. Despite this condition the program has a very interesting feature. One the cover is what appears to be autographs at the top (see photo). It is either the signatures of Robert Taft, Roosevelt and a third person whose name we cannot make out or a reference to the three individuals. What suggests that it might be signatures of family members attending the inauguration is that each siganture appears to be in a different handwriting as opposed to one person just jotting down names. At this low price this is either a good opportunity to pick up an early official inaugural program at a good price, or a fantastic deal if the autographs are authentic. We just don't know.