99 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker Here’s a quick look at the issue of January 16, 1926 — the second time The New Yorker published in January (any January). The magazine hadn’t yet settled on the Rea Irvin Talk
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Tag: Helen Hokinson
Wednesday Spill: Helen Hokinson Rare Titles; Article Of Interest…Barbara Shermund
Hokinson Rare Titles I’ve a list on my computer of books I’d love to have, but do not have because they are either pricey or difficult to find or both. Still, it’s fun to look at the covers and hope that one day one or more of these will appear at a library sale or a used book store. I
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Weekend Spill: Video Of Interest…Frank Cotham; The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of November 4-8, 2024; Ads Using Cartoons In A 1948 Issue Of The New Yorker
Video Of Interest: Frank Cotham From WKNO -TV, “A Conversation With Frank Cotham.” Mr. Cotham’s first New Yorker drawing appeared in the issue of December 13, 1993 (read a Spill piece about the 20th anniversary of that debut here). ____________________________________________________________________________ The Tilley Watch Online, The Week Of November 4-8, 2024 An end of the
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Friday Spill: Tis A Puzzlement!
Pardon this weedsy excursion. I was looking through the newyorker.com archive of back issues when I spied a beautiful Alajalov cover (below) for the issue of October 19, 1946. It made me want to look through the entire issue. Leafing through entire issues always produces something of interest: an ad, a “spot” drawing, a cartoon, a written piece — well,
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