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‘It was genuinely frightening, and I stood there paralyzed for a moment. I gathered that they didn’t like Mrs. Lawrence Taylor.’
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#OTD in 1930
‘St. Moritz’ - just the place for a winter holiday on ice
Cover of The New Yorker, January 18, 1930
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #iceskating #StMoritz #Alps #SwissAlps
#OTD in 1931
copping a light from the limo
Cover of The New Yorker, January 17, 1931
Peter Arno
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8: ‘“Now push you love-lorn lunatic, we may yet reach shore!”’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster
7: ‘Val’s earnest profanity ends in a sputter as he dives for the nearby push poles.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster
3: ‘“The bear is but wounded, I saw him move,” announces Gundar. “Hand me your poles while you shoot him again.”’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster
‘“There is the fur I’ll need this coming winter,” whispers Sigrid pointing across the mountain torrent where a bear is ambling along. Swift arrows find their mark and the beast drops.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster
#OTD in 1944
early winter morning commute
Cover of The New Yorker, January 15, 1944
Rea Irvin
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#OTD in 1928
wandering eyes in the speakeasy
Cover of The New Yorker, January 14, 1928
Julian de Miskey
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the demise of 18,000 businesses with unemployment reaching 14%. Families like that of this man, evidently a carpenter, would finally see the beginning of the end of this depression in the following year.
#illustration #PanicOf1873