Classic Covers: At Home in the ’50s
Remember clotheslines, black and white television, and only one bathroom? We do!
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Classic Covers: Music Critics
Even the bust of Beethoven is cringing. And he was deaf! Favorite Post covers show us that music is in the ear of the beholder.
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Classic Covers: Women in Sports in the 1900s
Did you think that ladies in the early part of the 20th Century just did needlework and played piano? I was surprised to find some of our earliest Post covers depicted the feminine side of several sports.
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Classic Covers: How Labor Has Changed
You don’t often see a coachman these days, or a blacksmith. In honor of Labor Day, we invite you to think of other professions that have ceased to exist as you enjoy yesterday’s labors as shown on our covers.
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Classic Covers: 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.
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Classic Covers: Leading Ladies of the ’60s
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?”
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Classic Art: 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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Classic Covers: 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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Classic Covers: 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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Classic Covers: 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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Classic Covers: 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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Classic Covers: 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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Commuter Train
Rush hour takes on a new meaning as an express train barrels past a busy station stop. Hats fly, papers scatter, and a befuddled canary seeks a safe haven while an unflappable Marine absorbs it all—a snapshot of American life by Post artist Thornton Utz before passenger business dried up and people began to drive ... More
Classic Covers: World War I
These covers depict the lives of our doughboys from The Great War.
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Classic Covers: “Covering America” Art Show
The Post is proudly showing off paintings it made famous in your parents’ living rooms each week. The “Covering America” Art Show will be in Lafayette, Indiana (at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette) from May 21 – September 11, 2010, with plans in the works for future exhibitions. Come take a peek!
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Classic Covers: Kentucky Derby Fashion Tips
Long before most of us were old enough to know what a horse was (let alone a mint julep), Post ladies were dazzling us with their chapeaus.
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Classic Covers: Baseball
From luminaries like Stan the Man and Yogi Berra, to kids playing sandlot ball, The Saturday Evening Post knew no equal when it came to great baseball covers.
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