America’s Artist
Norman Rockwell didn’t create his celebrated images using only brush and paint. They often took shape first as scenes that Rockwell literally acted out. Showing their appreciation for his storytelling talents, film directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg share their private Rockwell collections with the Smithsonian for the upcoming exhibit Telling Stories.
April 5, 2010 | Read more »
Artists
Dogs Hate School!
If there’s anything I’ve learned from studying hundreds of magazine covers for the Post and Country Gentleman, a sister publication, it is that dogs hate school! If you’re bummed about returning to school, you’re not the only one.
August 28, 2010 | Read more »
Excuse My Dust! The Art of Speeding
So you’re feeling sorry for yourself because you got a speeding ticket. Well, maybe it will help to know that speeding is nothing new. Okay, maybe it won’t help, but you’ll have a great time looking at these old Post and Country Gentleman covers.
August 21, 2010 | Read more »
August Cool-Down
Is there any relief from this heat? Yes! It’s August, and the dog days of summer are upon us, but we found delightful covers from 1912 to 1955 showing ways to get wet and cool down. We wouldn’t recommend all of them.
August 14, 2010 | Read more »
Leading Men
Sure, 1960's and 70's covers depicted the Vietnam War and politics. But happily, on occasion, a celebrity showed up. Last week, it was leading ladies. This week, celebrity covers showing some of the hottest male actors of the 1960s and 70s. We'll call them our "leading men."
August 7, 2010 | Read more »
Leading Ladies of the Sixties
This 1966 cover is one of several I’ve unearthed to answer the burning question: “which celebrities appeared on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post?”
July 31, 2010 | Read more »
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?
July 24, 2010 | Read more »
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?
July 17, 2010 | Read more »
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!
July 10, 2010 | Read more »
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.
July 3, 2010 | Read more »
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