For #OCTOBER 1984
‘The Lord of the Nazgûl’
Roger Garland (1950-2017)
*The 1984 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (George Allen & Unwin) for October
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #RogerGarland #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR

William Otha Hopper, “Timber Thieves”
‘‘They were stripping his land because they thought he was too young and too afraid to stop them.’
*The Saturday Evening Post*, October 8, 1960
#logging #forest #mountains #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #DenverGillen

#OTD in 1960
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‘“Don’t cut any more and don’t move what you’ve already cut,” Ben said.’
Illustration by Denver Gillen (1914-1975) for ➡️
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #DenverGillen

*The Saturday Evening Post*, October 8, 1955
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MelbourneBrindle #AtlasBatteries #CarBatteries

#OTD in 1955
‘The driving you enjoyed in July. . . can cause battery failure in October. Have your ATLAS dealer check your battery now!’
Illustration by Melbourne Brindle (1904-1995)
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#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MelbourneBrindle

#Fortune for #OCTOBER 1950
‘Five articles on Du Pont’
Cover of *Fortune*, October 1950
#Illustration by Erberto Carboni (1899-1984)
#FortuneCover #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #graphicdesigners #ErbertoCarboni #chemicalsindustry #chemicals #DuPont

“Moment” by Betsy Warner
‘A fragment, this, a remembering of something sweet, something precious, that happened to a girl’
*Good Housekeeping*, October 1944
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JohnGannam #oceanliner #womensfashion #1940s

In #OCTOBER 1944
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‘For years the summer trip had been enough. It had meant all adventure, all romance. Then she saw the blond young man…’
#Illustration by John Gannam (1907-1965) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #JohnGannam #oceanliner #womensfashion #1940s

Certain-teed Products - October 8, 1927
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #Certainteed #scientificmanagement #management #industry #manufacturing #buildingmaterials #roofing #shingles #flooring #linoleum #paints #varnishes #construction #homebuilding #industrialsublime

#OTD in 1927
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‘Constant Inspection of Methods, Machinery and Materials maintains that High Quality and Extra Value Found in all Certain-teed Products’
#Illustration by Herbert Paus (1880-1946)
#illustrationartists #illustrationart #HerbertPaus #ScientificManagement

#OTD in 1921
‘Kuppenheimer Good clothes - an investment in good appearance’
‘Prices one-third less than last year’
#Illustration by J. C. Leyendecker (1874-1951)
*The Saturday Evening Post*, October 8, 1921
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #JCLeyendecker #Mensfashion

Soft, gentle lines bring out two horses leaning close together, quietly keeping each other company.
#shouxinsketch #petart #animalart #illustrationartists #pet #sketch #sketchdaily

For #OCTOBER 1986
‘The Arkenstone’ Michael Hague (b. 1948). *The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for October.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit

‘Mexico Trades Silver for Machinery’
‘Silver runs like lustrous thread through Mexican commercial history. ...’
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #PeterHurd #AmericanArt #Mexico #silver #Taxco #silversmith #banking #internationalbanking #Citibank

In #OCTOBER 1956
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‘Painting by Peter Hurd [1904-1984] - “Taxco from Silver Artisan’s Window”’
National City Bank of New York. October 1956.
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#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #PeterHurd #AmericanArt #Mexico #silver #Taxco #silversmith

Harry Sylvester (1908-1993), “The Draw at Arroyo Blanco”
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‘Mowbray had told many men where they could find him. But only this boy dared accept the challenge’
*Collier’s*, October 4, 1952
#HarrySylvester #WesternFiction #illustrationart #illustrationartists #DomLupo #1950s

#THISWEEK in 1952
‘Then he seemed to realize I’d seen him, and he moved out of the shade of the porch and down those three steps and into the street. I could see him reaching’
#Illustration by Dom Lupo (1919-2013) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #DomLupo

In #OCTOBER 1949
‘Pop’s down to stay. . . ‘
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Illustration by John Gannam (1907-1965)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JohnGannam #interiordesign #interiordecoration #mensfashion #bedroom #pillowfight

#OTD in 1944
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‘“G I Joe” - Spark Plug of the Armed Forces’
Illustration by James Bingham (1917-1971)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JamesBingham #WW2 #PacificTheatre

#OTD in 1939
‘Sidewinder Syndicate - a Potluck Jones novel by Ney N. Geer’
Cover of *Western Story Magazine*, October 7, 1939
Illustration by Walter Haskell Hinton (1886-1980)
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #WalterHaskellHinton #westernfiction #pulps