Thurber Thursday Of the many Thurber articles in Life magazine, I’ve always been partial to the one appearing in the March 14, 1960 issue (not too long before his death, in November of 1961). It includes a number of pages of great photos (one shown above, and one shown below) as well as a page of Thurber quotes (“Barbed Shafts
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Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Pt. 22: John Held, Jr.; More Booth!
Advertising Work by New Yorker Cartoonists, Pt. 22: John Held, Jr. I know, I know… you woke up this morning wondering if John Held, Jr., who became famous for his drawings of flappers in and on the cover of the pre-Luce Life ever did advertising work. Well courtesy of Warren Bernard‘s detective work, we have some examples of Mr. Held’s
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