Dear Marge Campbell; I am trying to find out about an artist, Vincent Kaufman. I have one of his works. Is there a St. Francis/St. Francis River in Arcadia, Missouri. I have been able to decipher the handwriting on the back of the painting and it says painted near St. Francis, Arcadia, Missouri? I am trying to find out if Vincent Kaufman did art works in St. Louis or Arcadia. He died there in 1978 and did an art work 1964 but I have found no other work by him. Social Security Number. Name: Vincent Kaufman Born: 23 Apr 1891 Died: Nov 1978 SSN: 179-22-6843 Last Residence: 63123 St Louis, St Louis, Missouri Last Benefit: 63126 St Louis, St Louis, Missouri State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951 ) Any ideas if he belonged to an Allied Artist outfit or painted and sold oil paintings there? I really do not know who to ask there since I am here in PA. The library here has locals listed and they do not have him yet I do have one of his works for 1964. Any help or ideas would be appreciated. There are kin to him, I believe here in the Somerset and Cambria Co., PA area, but no one I have talked to knows of him but I did meet a grandniece of his here and did not get her name at the time. The painting was dated and signed 10/29/1964, "LAZY RIVER." Any help would be appreciated. I tried by phone but it clicks off at that end for some reason or other? Emails do not go through either? Jim ----------------------------------------------- James Thomas Rosenbaum 310 Melvin Street Johnstown, PA 15904-1219 jtr@atlanticbb.net 814-266-6855