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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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Illustrated cover to Ford Farming magazine with a nice snowy scene showing a man on a tractor plowing away snow while kids are skating on a frozen pond in the background and others are hanging near a tree with a campfire going. The sky is a nice pink with orange feathery clouds. The sun is low on the horizon, deep orange.
January 20, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Alice & Martin Provensen - from The Iliad & the Odyssey (1956).

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Illustration of a scene of the Trojan Horse story, with the big wooden horse is being looked upon by the townsfolk.
January 16, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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From La Montagne (1966) - illustrated by Alain Grée.

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Nice bright, colorful illustration by Alain Grée of two young skiers going down a snowy hill.
January 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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From Better Homes & Gardens: Christmas Ideas, 1956. Illustrator: Roy Mathews.

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Illustration of teenagers in class making fun mobiles. Illustration of a family of five making Christmas decorations around the house. Illustration of a man with a hat putting on garland over their front door. Illustration from a magazine that says "Give your fireplace Christmas character" with an illustration of a girl putting up a fun sparkly decoration.
December 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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More from Better Homes & Gardens: Christmas Ideas, 1956. Illustrator: Roy Mathews. From my own vintage magazine collection.

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Illustration of a mother decorating Christmas cookies with her two children. A mother and a father are decorating their table while their young daughter is at one end of the table.
December 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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From Better Homes & Gardens: Christmas Ideas, 1956. Illustrator: Roy Mathews. This scan is from my own vintage magazine collection.

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Fun illustration of a mom and dad putting up holiday trimmings around the front door with their little boy looking on.
December 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Czech poster for TOUT L’OR DU MONDE (1961) illustrated by Adolf Born.

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Illustrated poster of several people with movie and film cameras looking and chasing someone who's off screen. We only see their leg.
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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The Thanksgiving Story - illustrations by Helen Sewell (1954).

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Illustration of the "first Thanksgiving" with Pilgrims eating with Native Americans but since this was drawn in 1954, it's an outdated version of this story.
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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The Thanksgiving Story - illustrations by Helen Sewell (1954).

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Illustration of a Pilgrim family outside a log cabin, looking up at birds in a tree. Illustration of a Pilgrim family.
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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The Thanksgiving Story - illustrations by Helen Sewell (1954).

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Illustration of a early ship on the seas. Illustration of a several Pilgrims on a ship, looking at a baby in a basket.
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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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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Title page to The Thanksgiving Story with illustrations by Helen Sewell. Illustration from a book with a young Pilgrim man tending to a beautifully colorful tree to get berries off of it and there's two turkeys in the branches and a deer in the background.
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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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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Model sheet featuring drawings of various teenagers from the 1940s, dancing, talking on the phone, standing around. Sketches of three characters standing around, one is on the phone. One of them is a little girl, while the other two are teenagers. All from the 1940s. Sketches of three teenage girls from the 1940s, standing around. One of them is cuttin' the rug (dancing).
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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More concept art by Mary Blair for ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD (1949).

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Painted illustration of Ichabod on his horse, being chased by the Headless Horseman. Painted illustration of Ichabod on his horse, being chased by the Headless Horseman in a cemetery.
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Concept art by Mary Blair for Disney's ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD (1949).

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Spooky painting by Mary Blair of Ichabod on his horse being chased by the Headless Horseman.
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Illustration from The Skull, a Tyrolean folk tale, by Jon Klassen.

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A kid in a hooded coat looks out from a castle-like lookout, with a human skull on the ledge. It is snowing and the kid looks stoic as they're looking out into the woods.
September 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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I'm ready for the fall.

"Wrented" - by Charley Harper, 1968.

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Illustration of a human skull with two wrens setting up a nest inside it.
September 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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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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Illustration of a white woman putting money into an envelope while three maniacal-looking scammers look on, rubbing their hands with evil excitement.
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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French people - by Deanna Marsigliese. Incredible character designer.

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Stylized caricatures of 4 French characters, all smoking cigarettes, eating baguettes, and looking very beatnik-ish.
September 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Always enjoy the work of Laura Bifano (bifanoland.bsky.social). Gorgeous work.

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Painting of a mountaintop with bold, bright and warm colors offset by cool colors of the sky. Painting of a mountaintop with strong bold sunlight lighting up the top of the mountain and there's plumes of clouds surrounding the peak. Painting of a mountain range with cool colors and stylized clouds in the sky. Painting of a mountaintop with bold, bright and warm colors of the clouds, offset by the cool colors of the mountain.
September 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Grundig Television ad, 1950s. Artist: Lasse Hietala.

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Illustrated ad featuring a couple, a man and woman, sitting close to each other with their eyes wide open, staring towards the viewer. It says "Grundig Television" above and below the couple.
September 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Master storyteller Bill Peet's storyboards for Dumbo playing at his mother's feet in Disney's DUMBO (1941).

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Rough pencil storyboard drawings of a young elephant, Dumbo, getting a bath in a wooden tub with mother watching. Rough pencil storyboard drawings of a young elephant, Dumbo getting a bath and then playing around at his mother's feet. Rough pencil storyboard drawings of a young elephant, Dumbo playing around at his mother's feet, and tripping and falling while mother looks on. Rough pencil storyboard drawings of Dumbo looking up at his mother and she looks down lovingly at her little one.
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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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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Fun two color illustration of several party guests at a house party getting salads from a table. Fun two color illustration of several scenarios of people watching tv and having finger foods and a mother and daughter getting food from an oven. Fun two color illustration of several scenarios of a den mother serving food to boy scouts and a house party scene. Fun two color illustration of two scenarios of a woman/mother serving food to her kids and family. It's always the woman. Never the man.
August 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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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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Bold red and black (with a grey midtone) color illustrations of various people at a house party, with a dessert table. Fun 1950s illustration of a woman looking at a cook book that says "Quick Tricks" - she's got a few items around her.
August 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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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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Title page to Good Housekeeping's Quick 'N' Easy cook book, with a fun two color illustration of a woman serving two friends a big bowl of something. We can't see what's inside the bowl.
August 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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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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Close up of original illustrations from the Appetizer Book. Close up of original illustrations from the Appetizer Book.
August 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM