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(See page 230. The object is a card, blank on the reverse side, written to Jane by Caroline Keck, conservator of the Brooklyn Museum; it was mailed to Jane in early August, along with a copy of the book, Is Your Contemporary Painting More Temporary Than You Think? and a mimeographed list of various addresses furnishing technical help and supplies regarding the conservation of paintings. The list was also compiled by Caroline Keck; the book by Louis Pomerantz.

(Caroline Keck’s mimeographed list is also printed on cream-tinted paper the size of this page. Louis Pomerantz’s small book has a rust red cover; the title is in reverse lettering, and this too has a cream tint.

(The equalization, Jane believes, refers to the book by Louis Pomerantz, that along with the object and the mimeographed list were mailed to her by Caroline Keck from Brooklyn, NY, in August 1964. All three of these items refer to the conservation of paintings. The title page of Louis Pomerantz’s book shows that it was published by A Chicago Chapter Artists Equity Publication, 332 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 4, Illinois. Artists Equity Association is dealt with in the book’s forward also.

(On the page opposite the title page is a long detailed list of Louis Pomerantz’s previous experience, places of study, etc. He has studied extensively overseas, and worked there and in Canada as an art expert, and in Brooklyn with the Kecks. He has also been employed in various Midwest locations, Chicago, etc. Thus the foreign element mentioned above.

(Below this the Artists Equity Association is listed, with the president’s address as the University of Minnesota. Both Pomerantz and Gerard are members.

(“Several small letters or numbers, and a stamped card, from a distant place.” See page 230. The object contains small printed letters in the address in the upper left corner. It also contains numbers in the date. It is a card, but is not stamped; instead of being mailed alone it was enclosed in a small package or envelope with Louis Pomerantz’s book and the mimeographed list described earlier; and all addressed to Jane.