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Edna S. Purcell Residence
also known as Lake Place
Purcell and Elmslie
Minneapolis, Minnesota  1913

Correspondence, 1914-1919: Artist Commissions and Sale of the House

Telegram from George Grant Elmslie to William Gray Purcell (November 6, 1914)

Bull [1] leaves tonight went over program thoroughly established new motif// need rearrangement of wood bands// hope it can be followed// not as indicated// all sky no water// Louisiana herons/ have him make a full size cartoon// soon as idea is fixed mail to me// sketch Babson between times//

Geo. G. Elmslie

1. Charles Livingston Bull, the artist for the mural.
 


      Collection: William Gray Purcell Papers, Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries [Citation: AR:P&E 256]

 

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