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Original color glossy 3.5 x 4.25 Polaroid photo of John Lennon posing with Philadelphia radio host Brother Love during the opening day of the 1975 WFIL–PARC (Philadelphia Association of Retarded Children) ‘Helping Hand’ Marathon fundraiser, signed and inscribed in the upper border in blue ballpoint, "To da Brother Love, John Lennon, 75," who adds a small self-portrait sketch to the left page of the open book. In fine condition, with thin scratches to the photo emulsion. Includes an original WFIL Helping Hand Marathon flyer, which pictures “Special Guest Star John Lennon (In Person),” and a WFIL promotional booklet picturing Brother Love. From May 16-18, 1975, the Philadelphian rock station WFIL and the advocacy organization PARC cosponsored the Helping Hand Marathon, a weekend fundraiser to raise money for multiple sclerosis. Lennon spent the entire three days answering phones, taking pledges, and meeting fans; he even stayed long enough to do the weather report for WPVI-TV.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Tracks and a lengthy letter of provenance from the original recipient, Alan Smith, who was an American radio personality under the name 'Brother Love.' He describes acquiring the autograph at a WFIL/PARC marathon charity event in 1975, in part: "Jay Cook, the Program Director…somehow, in conjunction with Capitol Records convinced John Lennon to join us to 'kick off' the event on Friday afternoon…John arrived early, hung around talking with all of us getting to know our names, sensing our personalities, deciding who was funny and who wasn't and things he would store in his mind about those he would be sharing the mic with…Within 2 hours of its start, John called Yoko on speaker phone in the studio…to ask if it would be alright if he stayed a little longer as he was having such a wonderful time with us and enjoyed the comradery as well as wanting to help raise as much money as we could for 'these poor children'…
Over the next day and a half I spent an inordinate amount of time (as did my wife at the time) with him around the studio, the building, at dinner, etc. He was open and charming, extremely bright as we all know, and answered each and every question everyone asked him as if it were the first time anyone had thought to ask it. Unparalleled graciousness for one of the most recognizable people on the planet at the time and greatest songwriters to ever hold a pen…My wife took the picture in the radio studio while we were on the air and when we were looking at it, he took it from my hand and signed it and drew the little face on it. We had copies of his latest LP in the studio and he picked one of them up, signed it to me, gave it to me with a wink without a word said and we moved on…The celebration of that wordless moment gave me more insight into the kind of person he genuinely was. Unasked, unspoken kindness just because."
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