For quite some time now, the daughter of Arthur Getz, the late New Yorker cover artist (and holder of the title of most prolific New Yorker cover artist of all time) has been posting his covers on Instagram, (Arthurkimmiggetz) always identifying them by their chronological appearance in (on!) the magazine. The other day she posted the cover of July 6, 1981, including this information:
“43 years ago today, Getz’s 188th New Yorker cover was published — a country parade scene loosely based on the railroad crossing streets in Canaan, Ct….”
With that helpful information, it took just a few moments to locate the railroad crossing in Canaan. Since I don’t know Canaan at all, I was helped, initially, by using the church in the distance as the starting point. And so, in no time, using “Pegman,” the Google street person icon, and heading away from the church, I saw the railroad tracks, crossed them, and turned Pegman on his heels, reversing the view. Voila! The exact intersection.
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Arthur Getz’s Spill A-Z Entry:
Arthur Getz Born, Passaic, New Jersey, 1913; died, 1996. NewYorker work: 1938 -1988. Primarily a cover artist, he had one cartoon published: March 15, 1958. (You might say his career was a mirror image of George Price’s, who was one of the most prolific cartoonists, with over 1200 published, and one cover). According to the official Getz website, he was the most prolific of all New Yorker cover artists, having 213 appear during the fifty years he contributed to the magazine. The official Getz website, containing his biography: www.getzart.com/