Diana Denny

Diana Denny received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from long enough ago to qualify as a historical document itself. She has spent many hours in what is a playground for history buffs, The Saturday Evening Post archives.

Articles & Posts by Diana Denny

Forgotten Country Gentleman Covers

I fell in love with this 1977 Country Gentleman cover when I ran across it in the archives recently. CG was a sister magazine to The Saturday Evening Post, and I got to wondering: What other hidden treasures lurk in the Country Gentleman stacks?

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You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby

Artist J.C. Leyendecker did dozens of covers of babies, including this cutie. So how did a baby become a cover model for America's most famous magazine?

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Is It Global Warming – or Just July?

We don’t know about global warming, but we see here in July of 1910 it was hot! It is now July a hundred years later, and guess what? It’s still hot!

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Happy 4th of July!

These patriotic covers will help you get in the spirit. One original resides in the Oval Office today, and the others show a variety of ways to celebrate the holiday—not all of which we can recommend.

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Norman Rockwell’s Cousin Reginald

The adventures of Norman Rockwell's city-slicker-turned-country-boy, Cousin Reginald.

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The Six Types of Fathers

If you think Dad has been neglected, you haven’t looked at our great collection of covers.

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Father’s Day Times Seventeen

Think you have a busy Father's Day? Meet the Joachim family from our 1958 article, "How to Raise a Multitude." Twelve girls and five boys made for an interesting household.

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Calling All Gardeners

So your tomatoes are a little bit smaller than you expected. We can’t help with gardening tips (at least in the “Featured Artists” segment), but we can show you covers from The Saturday Evening Post and The Country Gentleman that will make you want to grab your gardening gloves and get started.

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A Road Trip with George Hughes

The irritated tire-changer? Why, that’s artist George Hughes himself. When we noticed that Artist George Hughes did so many fun illustrations revolving around cars, so with warmer weather on board, we just had to go on a Post cover road trip. Join us for the ride!

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World War I Covers

These covers depict the lives of our doughboys from The Great War.

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