}`HPLASErJ€ } January 23, 1991 Mark Owens, Editorial Coordinator COLLECTORS' SHOWCASE Sports magazines of America 7130 S. Lewis Tulsa, OK 74136 Dear Mark Owens: I am an eager subscriber to COLLECTORS' SHOWCASE as well as an  eager collector. Best of all, however, is that I am a writer- photographer of antiques and collectables. Here are several ideas for photoessays for COLLECTORS' SHOWCASE  in line with your focus on antique dolls, toys, advertising, and  Americana: 1. Victorian automaton dolls, would be especially nice for your  1991 holiday issue. 2. Hair pictures, relatively new Americana. A spontaneous folk  art form arising during the depression of the 1930s, wherein  families and friends used the printed covers and illustrations of  the women's magazines of that time, embellishing them with the  shorn locks of their own sweet little children, as well as  snippets from their favorite blankets and clothes, and then  framing them for gifts and family remembrances. I know a Chicago  school teacher who has collected 25 of these relatively scarce  pictures. 3. A woman who has created a complete Western town in her home,  with countless number of Western memorabilia and leads select  groups, such as school classes and/or women's clubs through her  exhibit. Money is no object to this woman, because she has been  able to indulge her every desire. 4. Sports memorabilia. I am going to see this man's collections  this weekend, so I will know better what he has available. Since you are part of a larger company, the Sports Magazines of  America, please tell me your needs and their also, and I will  find some angle just for you.  π73  ŠPage 2. Attached please find copies of current clips, my curriculum  vitae, list of publications, and a partial list of collections  accessible to me. If there is anything else you want, just ask.  Please do not return this material, but file it for your future  reference. May I hear from you soon? Sincerely, June Grayson Encl. I furnish 35mm color slides or color prints, whichever you  choose. I can write any number of words desired.