 While on his way to perform in Europe in late 1922, Mannes made the chance acquaintance of a senior partner in the investment firm of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. and described their progress with color photography.Some months later the firm sent one of their junior associates, Lewis L. Strauss to the Mannes apartment to view the color process.The final results were impressive enough for Kuhn Loeb to invest in the process.