Provenance:

William Howell Curtis (1860-1917), guardsman for the White House under Theodore Roosevelt;

thence by descent to the present consignor.

Note:

William Howell Curtis, born in Old Fort, North Carolina in 1860, served in the U.S. Army, Company E, 3rd Artillery from 1883-1888. After being discharged, he joined the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police, Fourth Precinct. He later served under the White House Police, starting in 1902. From 1911-1917, he was a guard at the North Gate. According to family tradition, Curtis saved these arrows while employed at the White House under Theodore Roosevelt's terms. The photograph which accompanies this lot, circa 1901-1909, shows Curtis standing in the center of a group of White House visitors.

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