Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library

Bob Steele sits facing the camera and smiling. His left arm rests on a typewriter. Inscribed, apparently on a whiteboard behind him: "Sincerely,/Bob Steele/--WTIC--". Addressed on the back to "Mr. A.J. Vasseur/Mgr. Spring Works/Wallace Barnes Div./BRISTOL CONN." The message is dated September 15, 1960 and reads "Thanks Art! That's/a good picture. You/& Chuck look/great and I have/some hair!/Sincerely/Bob/PS/You needn't have/rushed this/job!"

Radio broadcaster Bob Steele was host of a morning show on Hartford's WTIC for fifty-five years. Postcard is one of the items in the Richard Mahoney Collection, which contains postcards depicting Hartford and the surrounding areas. Dating is generally based on information from secondary sources regarding publisher history, building history, or postmark.

1960

Hartford (Conn.)

Radio personalities

postcards

Steele, Bob, 1911-2002

Source extent: 1 postcard : black and white

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