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The Presidential series was the result of DeMuth's friendship with President James A. Garfield, a connoisseur of meerschaum pipes. DeMuth presented two pipes to Garfield at his inauguration in 1881, one in his likeness, the other in the likeness of the President's wife. Later, DeMuth arranged for another figurative matching the others to be added to the collection as each new president acceded to the White House, terminating with President Hoover.  
The Presidential series was the result of DeMuth's friendship with President James A. Garfield, a connoisseur of meerschaum pipes. DeMuth presented two pipes to Garfield at his inauguration in 1881, one in his likeness, the other in the likeness of the President's wife. Later, DeMuth arranged for another figurative matching the others to be added to the collection as each new president acceded to the White House, terminating with President Hoover.  


'''''Note: This information originally appeared on pages 22-23 of Collecting Antique Meerschaums (Schiffer Publishing Ltd.,1999), by Ben Rappaport. It was used without permission in the article written by Maureen Timm, As seen in The Antique Shoppe Newspaper, July, 2005, [http://antiqueshoppefl.com/archives/mtimm/meerschaum.htm] but is used here by permission of the original author.'''''
'''''Note: This information originally appeared on pages 22-23 of Collecting Antique Meerschaums (Schiffer Publishing Ltd.,1999), by Ben Rapaport. It was used without permission in the article written by Maureen Timm, As seen in The Antique Shoppe Newspaper, July, 2005, [http://antiqueshoppefl.com/archives/mtimm/meerschaum.htm] but is used here by permission of the original author.'''''


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