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THE BECK ENGRAVING ' COMPANY
CHARLES W.BECK CHARLES W.BECK JR.
eaia. 620 Sansom Street,Philadelphia
304-'310 6a.,L J+Jen3 -JPtirti, Street, Oleo%ori.'- c'i1*
October 14, 1920
• Dear Carl:
I am sending to you under separate cover, a couple of printed
sheets and some loose proofs of color reproductions that we just made from
paintings by N. C. Wyeth. I don't believe you have seen any of his work,
and he is the boy who is making the murals for the Buccaneer Room.
I have seen the working sketches of the murals, and believe me,
they are going to be bear oats When the commission was placed with Wyeth,
he told us that he could not have them finished by January first, on account
of the fact that he had two other commissions to finish, one of which was for
two murals for the State Capitol of Missouri. These prevented him from
starting on yours in time to have them finished by the first of January, but
he will complete them as soon after the first of the year as possible. The
room can be all finished complete without the murals, and then they can be set
in.
Louis Fuertes has his murals completed and the thought just occurred
to me that it would be a good boost if you would get out a souvenir post card
of the most striking of Fuertes paintings; also one of Yiyeth's and one of
the exterior of the hotel. The guests would use these cards and send them
all over the country. The advertising given to theKhickerbocker by the color
Srints of the "Old King Cole" mural over the bar, and that given to the Hotel
herman in Chicago of Parrish's "Four and Twenty Black Birds" painting, was
of considerable value to both these properties. If you agree with me that
this would be a good thing to do, I could make the post card plates of the
Flamingoes from Fuerte's working sketch, and if the exterior of the building
is completed and you can have some one down there in Miami make a good photo-
graph of it, I can color it up and dress up the grounds by retouching the
photograph. I think it would be well, if you decide to do it, to have them
when the hotel opens.
I saw young Dick Edson the other night and he told me that he had
a letter from some friend of yours in Miami about receiving what he thought
were a couple of bombs. He wrote to Edson to be sure they were not infernal
machines before he opened them. Ed wrote and told him they were supposed to
be cheeses, but wouldn't promise him what would happen to him if he ate them.
I had Jack down to Beach Haven over the week-end and from a conversation
with the Old Man, I think that by next fall, there will be some of that Jersey
stuff there that will tickle the palate of the oldest billard drinker in the
country. Jack and I have decided that we would like to have you go down
there with us over some week-end to inspect the plant.
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THE BECK ENGRAVING COMPANY
CHARLES W.BECK
``"°'d`nt 620 Sansom Street,Philadelphia cH,SARRia Wus BECK JR.
304-310 tot J;JenL1J-J31irrt &ieet, Jl N cNor�:.eat',
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Mr. Carl G. Fisher
October 14, 1920
No.2
We have finished all the stationery, menus and trunk labels
and shipped them. Fuertes is delighted with the results, as also is
Krom.
On this house party of mine at Beach Haven, we arranged to
take Reinald Werrenrath down with us for the opening of the hotel, he
being a regular billard drinker, also one with a million dollar baritone
voice. If you have a good orchestra for the opening, he will give you
a few vocal numbers that will make the audience feel like giving the
management the key to their strong boxes.
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Let me hear from you about what you think of the post card idea.
Kind regards
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Carl G. Fisher
Indianapolis
Indiana
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