#OTD in 1927
(mad scientist?)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 17, 1927
Julian De Miskey
#TheNewYorkerCover #JulianDeMiskey #hairdresser #doggroomer #haircurlers

#OTD in 1944
(Victory garden and home canning crisis: now or never!)
The ‘Hokinson Woman’ (with servants) does her part.
Cover of The New Yorker, September 16, 1944
Helen Hokinson
#TheNewYorkerCover #HelenHokinson #WW2 #VictoryGarden #tomatoes

#OTD in 1939
(back to school)
Cover of The New Yorker, 16 September 1939
Christina Malman
#TheNewYorkerCover #ChristinaMalman #BackToSchool

#OTD in 1933
(thoroughly moderne waterfront & commercial cityscape)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 16, 1933
Illustration by Harry Brown
#TheNewYorkerCover #HarryBrown #waterfront #cityscape

"Beginnings"
Esordi, nuovi inizi
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#scritturebrevi
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#OTD in 2003
‘Twin Towers’
Cover of The New Yorker, Sept 15, 2003
Gürbüz Dogan
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#OTD in 1945
‘METAL PRODUCT[S...’ The challenges of post-war industrial reconversion from military hardware to consumer goods - a blueprint for success?
Cover of The New Yorker, September 15, 1945
Garrett Price
#TheNewYorkerCover #GarrettPrice #blueprint

#OTD in 1934 - Red Cap porters
#TheNewYorkerCover, Sept. 15, 1934
#ReaIrvin
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#OTD in 1928
(road rage)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 15, 1928
Peter Arno
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#OTD in 1968
Cover of The New Yorker, September 14, 1968
Charles Saxon
#TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesSaxon #fishing #canoeing

#OTD in 1946
(First day of school!)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 14, 1946
Christina Malman
#TheNewYorkerCover #ChristinaMalman #BackToSchool

#OTD in 1940
(schoolteacher’s dream vacation)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 14, 1940
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #BackToSchool #Hawaii #vacation #holiday #surfing #cruise

#OTD in 1935
(The incurably romantic ‘Hokinson Woman’ anticipating romance!)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 14, 1935
Helen E. Hokinson
#TheNewYorkerCover #HelenHokinson #palmreading #fortuneteller

#OTD in 1929
(new culinary - and cultural - horizons)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 14, 1929
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #ChineseCuisine

#OTD in 1947
(cleaning Carnegie?)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 13, 1947
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #CarnegieHall

#OTD in 1941
(upstate idyll - waiting for the school bus)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 13, 1941
Ilonka Karasz
#TheNewYorkerCover #IlonkaKarasz #BackToSchool

#OTD in 1930
Cover of The New Yorker, September 13, 1930
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #golf #croquet

#OTD in 1959
Cover of The New Yorker, September 12, 1959
Abe Birnbaum
#TheNewYorkerCover #AbeBirnbaum #fruit #market

#OTD in 1942
(Wartime restrictions mean mass transit for the country club set.)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 12, 1942
Peter Arno
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#OTD in 1936
(hopeful [or wishful?] political allegory in an election year)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 12, 1936
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #GreatDepression #Deficit #nationaldebt #governmentspending