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Here's a beautiful cover to Ford Farming magazine by Charley Harper (1957). I've never seen this one before (and believe me, I've been following Charley's career for like, forever) so it's like a late Christmas for me discovering this. Love it.

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January 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Alice & Martin Provensen - from The Iliad & the Odyssey (1956).

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January 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
From La Montagne (1966) - illustrated by Alain Grée.

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January 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
From Better Homes & Gardens: Christmas Ideas, 1956. Illustrator: Roy Mathews.

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December 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
More from Better Homes & Gardens: Christmas Ideas, 1956. Illustrator: Roy Mathews. From my own vintage magazine collection.

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December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
From Better Homes & Gardens: Christmas Ideas, 1956. Illustrator: Roy Mathews. This scan is from my own vintage magazine collection.

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December 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Czech poster for TOUT L’OR DU MONDE (1961) illustrated by Adolf Born.

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December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Thanksgiving Story - illustrations by Helen Sewell (1954).

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November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Thanksgiving Story - illustrations by Helen Sewell (1954).

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November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The Thanksgiving Story - illustrations by Helen Sewell (1954).

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November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Beautiful illustrations by Helen Sewell for The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh (1954). Helen won the Caldecott Honor for her work done on this book - a rather unfortunate & outdated tale of the first thanksgiving between the Pilgrims and Native Americans.

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November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Modelsheets of various characters for All the Cats Joined In segment from Disney's MAKE MINE MUSIC (1946) - characters designed by Freddie Moore.

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November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
More concept art by Mary Blair for ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD (1949).

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October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Concept art by Mary Blair for Disney's ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD (1949).

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October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Illustration from The Skull, a Tyrolean folk tale, by Jon Klassen.

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September 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm ready for the fall.

"Wrented" - by Charley Harper, 1968.

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September 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
From Today's Woman, 1954. Illustration by Eric Gurney - who you might know illustrated several children's books (Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb, etc.) and was a story artist at Disney before that (wrote a lot of Pluto shorts).

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September 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
French people - by Deanna Marsigliese. Incredible character designer.

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September 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Always enjoy the work of Laura Bifano (bifanoland.bsky.social). Gorgeous work.

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September 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Grundig Television ad, 1950s. Artist: Lasse Hietala.

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September 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Master storyteller Bill Peet's storyboards for Dumbo playing at his mother's feet in Disney's DUMBO (1941).

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September 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Here are some great examples of the various 2 color illustrations from Good Housekeeping's Quick 'N' Easy Cook Book, 1958 - illustrations by Luciana "Lou" Peters.

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August 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Luciana goes for some wild color choices w/ a bolder, stronger aesthetic. I think she was wanting to def make this cook book stand out from the Appetizers book. With that one, there's a more elegant approach (house parties, entertaining) & here, it's livelier, fun.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Continuing on this thread of the versatility of Luciana Peters's works done for the Good Housekeeping's cook book series from the late 1950s. Here's the title page for the Quick 'N' Easy Cook Book, 1958.

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August 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here are close ups. There were 2 pieces that were upside down, so I flipped them so they'd all be facing the correct way. I tell ya, I was flabbergasted when I saw this in my email. I flipped out. For years, I've been wanting to share them. Now, here ya go.

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August 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM