Classic Covers: School Daze
The librarian on Dick Sargent’s February 1956 cover can’t figure out why Jimmy seems so engrossed with his history homework. Notice the gloppy fountain pen where he started taking notes until he decided it was... More
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Classic Covers: Children of Invention
Our cover artists, quite inventive in their own right, have been chronicling America’s quirky new devices for decades. It’s kids, however, who take to the... More
Classic Covers: A Salute to Teachers
We really feel sorry for this kid. An artist named Worth Brehm illustrated the March 19, 1910, cover, depicting a boy with a rather unflattering... More
Classic Covers: Listen to This!
“Eavesdropping” was a common theme for our illustrators. If “curiosity is the very basis of education,” to quote writer Arnold Edinborough, then some very curious... More
Classic Covers: Rain, Rain, Go Away!
American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow perhaps said it best: “Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary.”... More
Classic Covers: Keeping Up with Yard Work
Some people are downright persnickety in the care of their lawns and gardens while others are content to let Mother Nature take her course. Apparently,... More
Classic Covers: Ellen Pyle
The first career retrospective of Ellen Pyle’s art will be on display from August 1, 2009, to January 2, 2010, at the Delaware Art Museum.... More
Classic Covers: Life’s a Beach
Some people are in heaven at the beach. Take the pretty lady on the left in Kurt Ard’s August 1958 cover. To her husband, who... More
Classic Covers: Dog Days of Summer
Ah, the days before Super Soaker squirt guns. Pedestrians wisely steer clear, even though a squirt of cold water might feel pretty good on this... More
Classic Covers: We All Scream for Ice Cream!
Here's the scoop on our favorite ice cream covers. Rockwell’s teenage soda jerk seems much more interested in the female customers than in serving up... More
Classic Covers: America the Beautiful
Our illustrators paint their way from sea to shining sea.... More
Classic Covers: The Fourth of July Throughout the Decades
Artist Guernsey Moore did many turn-of-century covers (at the turn of the 20th century, not the 21st), and the June 30, 1900, issue appears to... More
Classic Covers: In Honor of June Brides
Oh my. There seems to be a conflicting view of married life already, and we’re only at the altar. In artist Constantin Alajalov’s June 1961... More
Classic Covers: Thornton Utz, A Salute to Dad
Dad slips up the stairs, only to find two angelic boys fast asleep in their beds. The “this is way too familiar” theme was typical... More
Classic Covers: Old Glory
Uncle Sam makes an appearance with the U.S. flag on the July 13, 1901, cover, staking the flag into Britain with steel bars, representing the... More
Classic Covers: George Hughes, Signs of Summer
Seems like the lady of the house (or yard) can’t decide where the tree looks best. The cover from April 9, 1955, shows a weary... More
Classic Covers: Ivan Dimitri
The first racecar appeared on one of our covers in 1909, but it's Ivan Dimitri's 1937 illustration of a driver preparing for the race that... More
