January 22, 2008

Essanay Founder's Kid Sister


I recently received this e-mail from a reader:
"Thought you'd be interested in the story below about George Spoor's sister, Mary Louise Spoor:

http://seesaw.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/from-hickory-di.html
By the way, great work on the Uptown History Blog. It is a tremendous contribution to the community. I check it out several times a week."
George Spoor was a co-founder of Essanay; Mary Louise was his kid sister, and an illustrator. She designed the famous film studio's Indian Head logo.

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 22, 2008 at 10:33 PM

    Thanks for putting this announcement on your blog. And thanks to the person who sent it to you.

    I edit the SeeSaw blog, and my parents were both from Chicago, as were my grandparents. So I feel a hometown connection to the Spoors, even though my family no longer lives in Chicago.

    cheers. Liza

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  2. JoanneJanuary 23, 2008 at 5:22 PM

    Thanks for stopping by, Liza! We were quite thrilled to read the article.

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