When I was a little girl, autograph books used to be all the rage. Everybody had one. I remember we used to fold each page diagonally after we got an autograph. I still have mine, and I have quite a few autographs from political peeps, Abe Lincoln's nephew, Senator Byrd, Ranger Hal, Bozo the Clown (the orignial), and Captain Kangaroo.
Mine looks something like this.
You sure about that Abe's nephew ?
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_Abraham_Lincoln's_nephew_name
I didn't look into it too much though.
I'm always fascinated by how few degrees of separation separates the American patriots of yesteryear and ourselves.