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SLOSS PHOTO IDENTIFICATIONS SOUGHT
Sara Wrenn, daughter of Dr. James O. Sloss and his wife Sarann is seeking help identifying people in photos of her father. Perhaps
E-Sylum readers can help. Jim Sloss of Beaver, PA collected U.S. Large Cents, pioneer gold, patterns and more, and was a member of
the Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society. I met him at one of the society's banquets a few years before he passed away, and later
bought his numismatic library from his estate. Here are the photos and my notes. -Editor
Left: Ray Byrne, Dr. James O. Sloss, John L. Knabenschuh, Jack F. Burns Right: Eric P. Newman, William W. Woodside? 
Bill Hunter, Charles N. Erb?, Eric P. Newman The first photo has a notation that it was taken at the 1964 ANA convention in Cleveland. Everyone's wearing a convention badge and posing for some award. Zooming in, I think I can read the words "Fifty Years". Larry Dziubek recognized John Knabenschuh, who was a WPNS member and Past President. Neither of us recognized the fourth man. However, finding the answer was a lot easier using the new Numismatist online archive. Here's what I found in the November 1964 issue (p1489): 
The second photo was taken at the same event as the third photo, where we can see that it is marked DEC 66, meaning the film was developed in December 1966, so it could have been taken that month or earlier. That’s late for an ANA convention photo. WPNS member Bill Hunter is in the third photo, so my guess is that this was taken at a WPNS Banquet where Eric Newman was the speaker. Larry believes the second gentleman may be WPNS member Chuck Erb - I knew Chuck as well, but neither of us are sure. Any help confirming the tentative attributions would be appreciated. Thanks. Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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