The December 1937 Fortune magazine cover.
It shouldn’t look this pretty, but it is.
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The December 1937 Fortune magazine cover.
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Light ’em up!
The December 1939 Fortune magazine cover.
I think that’s an old-timey knife switch to turn power on and off in the lower right quarter, but I’m not 100% certain.
The Bootlegger
Cover of the December 4, 1919 issue of Life magazine
Not to be confused with bootlicker.
A little bit and another little bit about artist Paul Stahr.
History not-so-fun fact:
This issue is dated December 4, 1919.
Prohibition began in the United States on January 17, 1920.
It’s got a cat on it.
Along with ads of yore, I also love a good magazine cover.
From my collection, here’s The Countryside Magazine and Suburban Life’s cover for April 1917 (Spring Planting Number) with art by Paul Bransom.
The New York Times has a rather fine obituary/biography of the “Dean of American Animal Artists” here.
Oh say can you yeeeeeeee-hawwwwww!
In honor of Independence Day, here’s one of my favorite magazine covers in my collection — The July 1926 issue of The Country Gentleman with cover art by American artist (painter/illustrator/muralist) N.C. Wyeth. It was also one of the more elusive magazines for me to track down, but totally worth it.
It’s nice to see Wyeth’s biography is a lot more complete and accessible online than many other illustrators of the era, but sad to find his life ended by a freight train.
Also, it’s no surprise that horses really aren’t very fond of fireworks. Be kind, y’all.
Covergirl
If you know me, you know I had no choice but to find and acquire this magazine.
A Dumb Yet Strangely Awesome Way to Die
“Does this transmitter make my ass look big?”
The inspiration for the 1970s children’s classic, “The Little Penguin Who Hated Science”.
Très bien.
The stunning cover to a 1952 issue of Elle magazine from France, part of a lot of five I received several weeks ago.