Margaret Case Harriman reported on the many ways one could criss-cross the country by heading to the Newark Airport, the first major airport to serve the New York metro. August 11, 1934 cover by Constantin Alaj
Jumping ahead a couple of years,New YorkercartoonistPeter Arnooffered this view of passenger flight (in a Fokker F-10), the passengers in this case a bunch of silly toffs (April 12, 1930). And back to the June 2, 1928 issue, we find this ad for Rolls Royce that offered a vision of...
Gallery Credit: Jacob Osborn & Peter Richman 1920: Raggedy Ann doll Randen Pederson // Flickr 1920: Raggedy Ann doll Original estimated retail price: $1 Originally a book character, Raggedy Ann was created by a prolific political cartoonist named Johnny Gruelle. By 1920, two signature handmade...
An appreciation by his friend the writer and cartoonist Carlo de Fornaro (1871-1949), also Sephardic perhaps (much like my friend Arthur Fornari), places Casseres on the staff of the Sunday edition of El Diario, the Spanish-language newspaper that still exists. He contributed to Alfred Stiegli...
There's so much hype around the new Barbie movie. If you want to release your inner child, you can get all the Barbie merch your heart desires at 2 upcoming events in New York State. A very pink Barbie van is traveling all over the country on the Dreamhouse Living Tour. This tour of...
Gallery Credit: Jacob Osborn & Peter Richman 1920: Raggedy Ann doll Randen Pederson // Flickr 1920: Raggedy Ann doll Original estimated retail price: $1 Originally a book character, Raggedy Ann was created by a prolific political cartoonist named Johnny Gruelle. By 1920, two signature handmade...
The cartoonistIsadore Kleinhad some fun with the hyperbole often attached to the athletic feats of the Sultan of Swat: And finally,Peter Arnolooked at murder among the upper classes: Next Time:The Russians Are Coming… WhenJimmy Walkerwas elected mayor of New York City in 1926, the city fina...
…if you’re wondering why the Spud ad featured a guy in a powdered wig puffing on a cigarette, well the theme of the 1932 ball was “A Pageant of Old New York.” Every year had a different costume theme, and the ladies and gentlemen of the ruling classes delighted in dressing up fo...
Richard Lockridge(1898–1982) was a reporter forTheNew York Sunwhen he began submitting comic sketches toTheNew Yorkersuch the one excerpted below. Later sketches would include the characters Mr. and Mrs. North. In the late 1930s Lockridge would collaborate with his wife,Frances Louise Davis,on...
MAKE ‘EM LAUGH…Writer and cartoonistWill B. Johnstone(left) wrote the screenplay forMonkey BusinesswithS. J. Perelman, right, in a 1935 portrait byRalph Steiner.(Meg Farrell/Yale University) A promotional cartoon forMonkey BusinessbyWill B. Johnstone. He also created the cartoon character of...