1925 Passport

This document is a copy of Col. Gerlach's passport from 1925. It is found in the Frank Gerlach file.

Transcription

[Document embossed with “PASSPORT” and “UNITED STATES” interwoven throughout]

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PASSPORT

DEPARTMENT OF STATE
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
I, the undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States of
America, hereby request all whom it may concern to permit
Frank C. Gerlach
a citizen of the United States, safely and freely to pass and in case
of need to give him all lawful Aid and Protection
This passport is valid for use only in the following countries
and for objects specified, unless amended

All Countries   Business and

NAME OF COUNTRY   OBJECT OF VISIT

travel

The bearer is hereby accompanied by

Given under my hand and the seal of the Department of State, as the
City of Washington, the 23rd day of June
in the year 1925 and of the Independence of the United States the
one hundred and forty ninth.

Frank B. Kellogg

PERSONAL DESCRIPTION
Age 55 years   Mouth large
Height 6 ft — in.   Chin prominent
Forehead Prominent  Hair brown-gray
Eyes brown   Complexion fair
Nose straight   Face full
Distinguishing marks —————
Place of Birth Wooster, Ohio
Date of Birth April 29, 1870
Occupation pharmacist

[SEAL] This is to certify that the attached photo-
graph bears the signature and is a like-
ness of the person to whom this passport
is issued, in witness whereof the seal of
the Department of State is impressed
upon the photograph.

[signature obscured, presumably Frank C. Gerlach]