#OTD in 1931
(The ever-adventurous ‘Hokinson Woman’ gamely turns her hand to chopsticks.)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 12, 1931
Helen E. Hokinson
#TheNewYorkerCover #HelenHokinson #chopsticks #ChineseCuisine

#OTD in 1925
(social whirl?)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 12, 1925
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #carousel #merrygoround

#OTD in 1954
(varsity tryouts?)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 11, 1954
Arthur Getz
#TheNewYorkerCover #ArthurGetz #football #stadium

#OTD in 1948
Cover of The New Yorker, September 11, 1948
Charles E. Martin
#TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesEMartin #zoo #seals

#OTD in 1943
(Firemen’s Carnival! So much to do under the sign of the hook and ladder!)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 11, 1943
Ilonka Karasz
#TheNewYorkerCover #IlonkaKarasz #firefighters #carnival #dusk #sunset

#OTD in 1937
Cover of The New Yorker, September 11, 1937
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #tennis #tournament

#OTD in 1926
(thoroughly modern dancing in the Jazz Age)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 11, 1926
Illustration by Eugene Gise
#TheNewYorkerCover #EugeneGise #dancing #jazz #mensfashion #womensfashion

#OTD in 1960
Cover of The New Yorker, September 10, 1960.
Ilonka Karasz
#TheNewYorkerCover #IlonkaKarasz #danceclass

#OTD in 1938
(no racket left behind)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 10, 1938
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #tennis #tennismatch

#OTD in 1932
Cover of The New Yorker, September 10, 1932
Theodore G. Haupt
#TheNewYorkerCover #TheodoreHaupt #tennis #tennismatch

#OTD in 1927
Cover of The New Yorker, Sept. 10, 1927
#TheodoreHaupt
#TheNewYorkerCover #railroads
🧵👇
#GrandCentralStation with a display of an antique train with carriages like those of the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad’s DeWitt Clinton, 1831, with the first steam locomotive to ➡️

#OTD in 1962
(high-rise rentals)
Cover of The New Yorker, 8 September 1962
Charles E. Martin
#TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesEMartin #rentals #apartments #flats

#OTD in 1944
Cover of The New Yorker, September 9, 1944
Garrett Price.
#TheNewYorkerCover #GarrettPrice #nostalgia #Paris #WW1 #WW2

#OTD in 1939
(handshakes)
Cover of The New Yorker, 9 September 1939
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #tennis #mensfashion

#OTD in 1933
Cover of The New Yorker, September 9, 1933
Illustration by Alice Harvey
#TheNewYorkerCover #AliceHarvey #tennis #tenniscourt #womensfashion #mensfashion

#OTD in 1956
(Gringos decepcionados [disappointed Gringos])
Cover of The New Yorker, September 8, 1956
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #Mexico #tourism

#OTD in 1945
Cover of The New Yorker, September 8, 1945
Alan Dunn
#TheNewYorkerCover #AlanDunn #WW2 #troopship #StatueOfLiberty

#OTD in 1934
Cover of The New Yorker, September 8, 1934
Ilonka Karasz
#TheNewYorkerCover #IlonkaKarasz

#OTD in 1987
Cover of The New Yorker, September 7, 1987
J. J. Sempé
👇🧵
#TheNewYorkerCover #JJSempé #fishing

#OTD in 1968
Cover of The New Yorker, 7 September 1968
Charles E. Martin
#TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesEMartin