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<p>[QUOTE="Elen Beattie, post: 9813642, member: 18081"]Yes, I particularly like the monogram! Since you cracked the case I searched the Saturday Evening Post artwork and found an interesting titbit: </p><p><i>Greyhounds</i></p><p><i>Paul Bransom</i></p><p><i>March 29, 1941</i></p><p><br /></p><p>In the 1930s, dog racing was illegal, and considered by many to be unsavory because of its affiliation with mobsters. When Bransom painted this cover in 1941, only four states had legalized greyhound racing: Florida, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Arizona.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Elen Beattie, post: 9813642, member: 18081"]Yes, I particularly like the monogram! Since you cracked the case I searched the Saturday Evening Post artwork and found an interesting titbit: [I]Greyhounds[/I] [I]Paul Bransom[/I] [I]March 29, 1941[/I] In the 1930s, dog racing was illegal, and considered by many to be unsavory because of its affiliation with mobsters. When Bransom painted this cover in 1941, only four states had legalized greyhound racing: Florida, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Arizona.[/QUOTE]
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