Bruce Barton SIGNED 1951 letter New York congressman, author & advertising exec

Description

This is a signed letter by
Bruce Fairchild Barton
(1886-1967), who
was a U.S. Representative
from New York from 1937 to 1940.
Barton worked as a publicist and magazine editor
before
co-founding the
Barton, Durstine & Osborn
advertising agency
in 1919. Later, the agency
became
Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn
(BBDO).
Barton became president of BBDO in 1939. He
headed
the BBDO agency until 1961, and played
a major role
in establishing Madison
Avenue in
New York City as
the center of the advertising industry.
Among other famous BBDO campaigns, Barton
created the character
of
Betty Crocker
.
Barton was also a popular writer. He wrote many
books, plus hundreds of magazine articles
and syndicated newspaper columns. Most of
these writings promoted a synthesis of Christian
ideas with a pro-business attitude. His most
well-known book is
The Man Nobody Knows
.
The letter is dated October 10, 1951.
This letter is typed on a sheet of Barton's
stationery, with a Madison Avenue address.
The signed letter comes with a certificate of authenticity
from JG Autographs.
The letter and the COA are enclosed in a plastic page,
which is open
at the top, allowing easy access, while
keeping the letter protected.
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