#OTD in 1936
Ever the brilliant hostess, the ‘Hokinson Woman’ shares - perhaps not for the first time - the home movies she had had made of her round-the-world ‘trip abroad’ of 1931
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October 10, 1936
Helen Hokinson
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#OTD in 1931
(Her round-the-world ‘Trip Abroad’ now takes the ever-intrepid ‘Hokinson Woman’ (and pooch) to the Far East.)
Cover of The New Yorker, October 3, 1931
Helen E. Hokinson
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#OTD in 1942
‘[I’m Carrying My] Share for Victory’
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The ever-patriotic ‘Hokinson Woman’ does her part for the war effort
Cover of The New Yorker, September 19, 1942
Helen Hokinson
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#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
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#OTD in 1935
(The incurably romantic ‘Hokinson Woman’ anticipating romance!)
Cover of The New Yorker, September 14, 1935
Helen E. Hokinson
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#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
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