Eisenhower's 'Summer White House' Phone Sold at Auction

The plain green telephone President Dwight D. Eisenhower used at his summer residence in Rhode Island has sold at auction. The Newport Daily News reports that the phone with no numbers or dial was sold earlier this month by Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers of Cranston for $1,375.   The telephone was Eisenhower's personal telephone at the "Summer White House" in Newport. The stately waterfront mansion built in 1873, sometimes known as the Commandant's Residence or...

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