It was on this date (a Tuesday that year), February 17, 1925, that The New Yorker appeared on newsstands for the very first time. The magazine was initially a failure but picked up steam by year’s end. As noted in a variety of histories of the magazines, although that first issue didn’t set off fireworks, it contained foundational editorial and
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“The New Yorker Asks Consideration For Its First Number” It is remarkable (to me anyway) how much Harold Ross name-dropped The New Yorker in its debut issue. The “Of All Things” column is not all New Yorker all the time, but close. Below is a sample.
Read moreCelebrating The New Yorker’s Centennial: The Headings From The First Issue Here, in order of their appearance in The New Yorker‘s debut issue are all of the column headings. The designer/artist was the one-and-only Rea Irvin. Some of the names have survived 100 years, but none of the designs. Of All Thing’s skyline with Eustace Tilley and the owl soon
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New Yorker’s 100th Events continue… Two of the latest events connected with The New Yorker’s ongoing centennial celebration… The New Yorker On Jeopardy The New Yorker‘s 100th Anniversary Celebration extended this week to the television gameshow Jeopardy!, where editor David Remnick served up the answers that included an Addams family character (that’s Mr. Addams on
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