Mahanoy City's Personalities of the 1930's
The following article appeared in the Record American on April 9, 1939 to introduce a series of fifteen personality sketches of local prominent citizens that would appear in the paper during May and June of 1939.
"Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters."And so the Record-American is bringing to Mahanoy City Douglas Brown: an
artist of international reputation, who will make a series of "personality" drawings of leading businessmen, physicians. lawyers, bankers, educators. etc., in this community.
His work is novel, attention commanding, and thoroughly satisfying both to the subjects of the sketches and to the readers of the hundreds of newspapers in the
United States and Canada, which have been fortunate enough to obtain his services.
Within a short time, there will appear in this paper the first in a series of his pen and ink creations,
using as the central theme a life
like producton of a leading citizen.
Around this central picture will be
four smaller action cartoons depicting some of the principal milestones
in this successful man’s life.
The picture and sketches will be
embellished with attractively-placed lettering which wIll outline some of the rungs of the ladder up which this person climbed to attain the enviable
position he occupies.
The Record-American has received communications of merit of Mr. Brown's creations, unsolicited letters from other newspapers and publications making use of his
talent – all which leads this paper to recommend that his personal representative, Joseph Roth, of Denver, be received here with cordiality.
His last successful campaign was conducted in Shenandoah for the Shenandoah Herald.
