Another fun "decode" - 1865 letter to Singer about paintings
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Another fun "decode" - 1865 letter to Singer about paintings
This is pretty cool!
It is a letter written 2-1/2 months after the end of the US civil war.
This letter is regarding a "a magnificent painting of scenes in New York life" to be displayed "all over the country commencing in August".
I love the idea that they will "paint in" the singer store.... sounds like modern marketing
I am trying to do the following:
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It is a letter written 2-1/2 months after the end of the US civil war.
This letter is regarding a "a magnificent painting of scenes in New York life" to be displayed "all over the country commencing in August".
I love the idea that they will "paint in" the singer store.... sounds like modern marketing
I am trying to do the following:
- Figure out the name of the signer
- Determine if the painting happened and was shown
- Determine if the paintings are viewable today
- Determine of Singer store is portrayed in the paintings
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Steve,
Possibly a 19th Century version of junk mail with a heads up on sales rep call (?) I suppose the paintings or pics would have been viewed at Fairs and other large public gatherings if undertaken.
Jon
Possibly a 19th Century version of junk mail with a heads up on sales rep call (?) I suppose the paintings or pics would have been viewed at Fairs and other large public gatherings if undertaken.
Jon
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Singer Sewing machine co. Broadway NY. To Call your attention to a valuable advertising method. We have in process of construction a magnificent painting of scenes in New York Life, which we propose to exhibit all over the country commencing in August, and we will "paint in" a fine picture of your business house for a moderate sum. The painting will be shown before tens of thousands in it's first season and will bring your business forcibly before the public. Our agent Mz Moore, will call upon you in a few days and give you particulars. Yours respectfully, ....... .......& Co.
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