tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post6688211418397156336..comments2024-03-28T18:01:17.304-07:00Comments on Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost Harley T. Procter Mansion--Nos. 15-17 East 52nd StreetTom Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-46910021500911028102016-03-14T11:37:24.423-07:002016-03-14T11:37:24.423-07:00I think I am going with the florid details myself!...I think I am going with the florid details myself!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491739628329201360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-6947373036217442582016-03-14T11:35:10.427-07:002016-03-14T11:35:10.427-07:00Agree, Beaux Arts on steroids plus a little bit mo...Agree, Beaux Arts on steroids plus a little bit more for good measure................awesomely exaggerated and frothy and why not? The Senator Clark house on 5th Ave gets the same tiresome criticism but I would surely love the opportunity to see them for myself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455260852354404149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-71236936226672414402016-03-14T09:00:23.460-07:002016-03-14T09:00:23.460-07:00holy moley!!!! this was amazing!! both properties!...holy moley!!!! this was amazing!! both properties!!chauncy primmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099894744964516223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-15536801513373606532016-03-14T06:20:23.623-07:002016-03-14T06:20:23.623-07:00There seems to be a disagreement among historians ...There seems to be a disagreement among historians on that point; including an article in Ad Sense magazine in 1905. But thank you for the additional information.Tom Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13542224816886418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-30855748663755832972016-03-14T05:53:38.362-07:002016-03-14T05:53:38.362-07:00Procter was not the advertising genius behind Ivor...Procter was not the advertising genius behind Ivory Soap's "99 44/100ths percent pure" claim or "It floats." That was Claude Hopkins, the greatest copywriter of the late 19th and early 20th century. You can read about his extremely successful career in "My Life in Advertising." JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502312000087595701.post-49982925570451737552016-03-14T05:14:06.702-07:002016-03-14T05:14:06.702-07:00That one was just too much.That one was just too much.Eric Stotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230291249030014518noreply@blogger.com