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8 TYPED LETTERS, 7 BEING SIGNED BY PAGEANT DIRECTOR LOUIS ST. JOHN AND ONE SIGNED BY ATLANTIC CITY MAYOR EDWARD L. BADER TO ARTIST JOHN LA GATTA

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8 TYPED LETTERS, 7 BEING SIGNED BY PAGEANT DIRECTOR LOUIS ST. JOHN AND ONE SIGNED BY ATLANTIC CITY MAYOR EDWARD L. BADER TO ARTIST JOHN LA GATTA

by La Gatta, John ( Miss America Pageant )

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8 TYPED LETTERS, 7 BEING SIGNED BY PAGEANT DIRECTOR LOUIS ST. JOHN AND ONE SIGNED BY ATLANTIC CITY MAYOR EDWARD L. BADER TO ARTIST JOHN LA GATTA, the former on Atlantic City Pageant stationery and over 1,200 words and the latter Mayoral stationery being about 90 words. The letters are in very good condition, each bearing two folds. Overall they note invitations to adjudicate, Atlantic City Pageant procedures, events, dates, judges, dinners, accommodations, number of contestants, etc. The letters date from August 26, 1925 through July 22, 1927. The letter from Mayor Bader refers to an article appearing in The New York Evening Graphic which attacked the honor and veracity of the Pageant Directors and the Judges. Bader asks that he fill out an enclosed affidavit (not included here) to put matters right. On the verso of the October 1, 1925 letter, La Gatta has drawn a sketch of himself with golf bag in tow. As this famous Pageant began in 1921, later going by the name of The Miss America Pageant, these are extraordinary early relics and quite rare as such.

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Title
8 TYPED LETTERS, 7 BEING SIGNED BY PAGEANT DIRECTOR LOUIS ST. JOHN AND ONE SIGNED BY ATLANTIC CITY MAYOR EDWARD L. BADER TO ARTIST JOHN LA GATTA
Author
La Gatta, John ( Miss America Pageant )
Book Condition
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First Edition
Publisher
Atlantic City, N. J.
Date Published
1925
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