…more libations in the back pages…here’s a sampling of three…there must have been a reason why all of the one-column ads featured mixers and spirits on the top and ads for hotels and apartments on the bottom… …and before we jump into the cartoons, a brief look at illustratorMildr...
July 26, 1930 cover byHelen Hokinson. Such was the case whenAdmiral Richard Byrdreturned from his Antarctic expedition, during which he conducted a number of geological studies. Ever ready to tweak a senator’s nose,TheNew Yorker’sJames Thurberimagined an exchange between Byrd and a U.S. S...