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Vintage circa 1964 ballpoint signatures, "Beatles, Ringo Starr," "George Harrison," and "Paul McCartney," on the reverse of a postcard for the Deauville Hotel in Miami, where the Beatles performed a special live concert for the Ed Sullivan Show on February 16, 1964. In very good condition, with light soiling, overall creasing, and old tape stains to the edges.
The original recipient won a radio contest to meet the Beatles at the Deauville Hotel, and the autographed postcard is accompanied by several related materials, including: a TLS by Michael Haptman, promotion manager for WINS Radio 1010, also signed by popular radio DJ and Beatles promoter Murray the K, February 14, 1964, in part: "I am happy to enclose two tickets for Eastern Flight #'s 607 and 2650 for February 16th, taking you and your guest down to Miami, Florida for The Beatle's performance at The Deauville Hotel!"; an original ticket stub for the CBS Television production of the Ed Sullivan Show at the Deauville Hotel on February 16, 1964; the hotel room key, on its blue plastic Deauville Hotel keychain; an unopened Deauville Hotel sugar packet; an "I Love the 'Beatles'" pinback button; and a newspaper clipping about the sixth-grader's trip to Miami to meet the Beatles.
One week after making their famous appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, broadcast from New York, the Beatles again joined Sullivan—this time at Miami’s Deauville Hotel—for a special live show. This served as the band's second televised introduction to the American public, helping to launch Beatlemania in the United States.
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