#OTD - 1946
(when flying cars were the future)
🧵👇
#TheNewYorkerCover, September 7, 1946
Alain (Daniel Brustlein)
#Alain #TrafficCops #aviation #helicopters
Counting on a major market for mass-produced personal flying cars in view of the ca. 425,000 aviators returning to ➡️

#OTD in 1940
taking in the NY World's Fair, season 2:
- BEFORE
- AFTER
Cover of The New Yorker, September 7, 1940
Perry Barlow
#TheNewYorkerCover #PerryBarlow #NYWorldsFair1939 #FlushingMeadows #Queens #NYsubway

#OTD in 1935
(professional vs. amateur - cash vs. cup)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 7, 1935
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #tennis

#OTD in 1929
Cover of The New Yorker, September 7, 1929
Sue Williams
#TheNewYorkerCover #SueWilliams #BatteryPark #LibertyIsland #EllisIsland #NewYorkHarbor

#OTD in 1947
(back to school)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 6, 1947
Perry Barlow.
#TheNewYorkerCover #PerryBarlow #BackToSchool

#OTD in 1941
Cover of The New Yorker, September 6, 1941
Barbara Shermund
#TheNewYorkerCover #BarbaraShermund

#OTD in 1930
Cover of The New Yorker, September 6, 1930
Peter Arno
#TheNewYorkerCover #PeterArno

#OTD in 1970
Cover of The New Yorker, September 5, 1970
Arthur Getz
#TheNewYorkerCover #ArthurGetz

#OTD in 1959
Cover of The New Yorker, 5 September 1959
Charles E. Martin
#TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesEMartin

How does this New York high-society girl measure up?
Cover of The New Yorker, September 4, 1943
Rea Irvin
#TheNewYorkerCover #ReaIrvin #WW2

#OTD in 1942
🧵👇
Women join the work force and do their part in defense industry - but... girls are different from boys!
Cover of The New Yorker, September 5, 1942
Constantin Alajálov
#TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #WW2

#OTD in 1979
(undaunted)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 3, 1979
Charles Saxon
#TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesSaxon #golf #golfers #golfcourse

#OTD in 1955
Cover of The New Yorker, September 3, 1955
Ilonka Karasz
#TheNewYorkerCover #IlonkaKarasz #sailing #sailboat #sailingboat #navigation

#OTD in 1938
(those childhood summers of yore)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 3, 1938
William Steig
#TheNewYorkerCover #WilliamSteig #childhood #summer

#OTD in 1932
Cover of The New Yorker, September 3, 1932
Ilonka Karasz
#TheNewYorkerCover #IlonkaKarasz #ConeyIsland #beach #beachlife

#OTD in 1927
(thoroughly modernist polo)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 3, 1927
Theodore G. Haupt.
#TheNewYorkerCover #TheodoreHaupt #polo #horses