THE CATOES WERE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS OUT OF WEBB, MISSISSIPPI WHO WINTERED IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA. THEY WERE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND COVERED SPORTING AND SOCIAL EVENTS AND WERE GOOD FRIENDS WITH JOHN RINGLING NORTH AND RUDY BUNDY AND WIFE. THIS COLLECTION INCLUDES TWO PHOTO BOOKS AND OTHER ARTICLES INCLUDING RBBB PROGRAMS - 1940'S-50'S, CHRISTMAS CARD AND SEASON PASS FROM RUDY BUNDY, PROXY LETTERS FROM CECIL B. DEMILLE, CHRISTMAS AND PFROMO CARD FROM CHARLTON HESTON, LETTER FROM MRS. BUNDY TO CATOE 1960, LETTERS FROM CHARLTON HESTON'S OFFICE. ALSO INCLUDED IS A RINGLING BROS. BARNUM BAILEY CIRCUS WINTER PREVIEW PHOTO BOOK FROM WINTERQUARTERS 1957 AND BEAUX ARTS BALL PHOTO BOOK WHERE AS JOHN RINGLING NORTH WAS COSTUME CONTEST JUDGE, 1955.

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