Florence

1967 · 12854 — A COLLECTION OF 21 HOLOGRAPHIC LETTERS DATED BETWEEN 1967 THRU 1981 AND MORE.all from Don Dickerman self proclaimed 20th Century Pirate Restaurateur Artist Explorer Bon Vivante to premier early 20th century magazine illustrator John La Gatta and his wife Florence. Of these 21 letters 18 of the accompanying envelopes are adorned with full hand colored illustrations. Of these 6 are on printed "The Buccaneer Inn" envelopes and 6 written on "The Buccaneer Inn" stationery. Virtually all the other letters are on one of several different artistically printed stationery created by Dickerman and all letters are noted as coming from either Sarasota Florida or Intervale New Hampshire. Along with seven more envelopes void of letters of which 4 are once again adorned with full color hand illustrations; along with 3 postcards 2 from the "The Buccaneer Inn" which are printed in full color depicting cartoon buccaneers and noted as the art of Don Dickerman and the other from an earlier time / restaurant featuring a black & white photo of Black Andy Terrapin Hangman at the helm of a ship; along with 2 large Christmas cards with printed art work by Dickerman once again INSCRIBED to the La Gatta's; along with yet another holograph letter to the La Gatta's written in pencil; along with a 2 page typed letter carbon SIGNED from the La Gatta's to Dickerman with nice content as well. All in all a very nice little archive from this eccentric restaurateur of the 20's & 30's who also served along side naturalist William Beebe as his staff artist on Beebe's West Indies expedition in 1925 and in 1940 had a small part in Errol Flynn's pirate movie The Sea Hawk. Self Published unknown