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From: Steve Ruggieri <s.ruggieri54@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 at 14:19
Subject: My "Spirit of '76" illustration of 1976 and the NYT art directors response.
To: Ron Ruggieri <radicalron72647@gmail.com>
From: Steve Ruggieri <s.ruggieri54@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 at 14:19
Subject: My "Spirit of '76" illustration of 1976 and the NYT art directors response.
To: Ron Ruggieri <radicalron72647@gmail.com>
Ron–
Just for posterity and seeing that it's been 50 years since I did the illustration, I thought I'd dig up and scan my original artwork and the response letter I received from Steve Heller (the esteemed NYT art director and writer).
I was only 21 when I created this. I clearly recall Auntie Lo reading my letter in the kitchen on Greylock Avenue and scolding me for not following through on this "incredible" career opportunity. But this was also about the time that I met Susan and, well... priorities changed.
But, "I could have been a contender!" LOL!
–Steve
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