box00007_fld00025_bdl0011_doc0001_00000001.txt; February 8, 1915
Mr. J. A. Poynton
2 East 91st Street
New York City
Dear Mr. Poynton
I am enclosing two portraits of Mr. Canegie clipped from the Pittsbrugh Post of Sunday. The picture on the left is one of the most remarkable that I have ever seen. It shows the element of fun and sly spirit of teasing which we are all know to be characteristic of Mr. Carnegie but which I have never yet seen in any other photograph. It is such a remarkable picture that I think we ought to have it preserved. Can you obtain the plate, or, at least have some copies of it made? I certainly want to lay this portrait aside for Mr. Carnegie's biography, that is sure to come up in the future.
Sincerely yours,
President
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