Museum acquires trove of photos by New York photographer
By Randy Kennedy
Published: June 5, 2008
As letters go, they aren't exactly the stuff of literature. One from
1959 asks that the recipient phone Con Edison and complain about an
unusually high electric bill ($54.92). Another requests a shipment
of beloved New York cigars because of apparent dissatisfaction with
the options available in Europe. At least one, written from the
Regina-Palast Hotel in Munich, Room 551, starts to provide a hint of
the sender.
"Looks like the picture won't be finished on time," the letter
explains. "It rains every day and we can't find 2 midgets, so it
looks like I'll be here at least 2 more weeks."
The letters, along with 210 vintage black-and-white photographic
prints, were found in 2003 in a zebra-stripe trunk that was bought
at a yard sale in Kentucky by two Indiana women who were on their
way back from a camping trip.
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