Crackling fires, crunchy leaves, and crisp, cool days: what’s not to love about fall?
Michigan Avenue, Chicago
John Falter
October 15, 1960
Illlinois
The standard picture-post-card view of Chicago is of Michigan Avenue, looking north toward the Tribune Tower and Wrigley Building. Artist John Falter gives us instead a southern exposure of this elegant avenue—with the Wrigley Building and environs reflected in the camera lens at left. Behind the lofty buildings on the right is the Loop; facing them are the Art Institute, set in Grant Park, and Lake Michigan. The whiskered gent with sketch pad is the late Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright’s mentor and an architect who helped reshape the face of this frisky city. (Sullivan had an office in Orchestra Hall, the second building from right.) We thought we had spotted another eminent Chicagoan, Al Capone, in the foreground. But Falter assures us we’re imagining things.
Amber Waves of Grain
John Falter
September 8, 1945
North Dakota
John Falter’s ” back-to-school ” cover shows a lad with a new haircut crossing the fields to a country schoolhouse. This is one that we’re not 100% sure is in North Dakota, but the scene landscape looks decidedly North Dakotan. If you’re from the state, let us know if you disagree.
Picking Poindexter
Richard Sargent
October 17, 1959
Belgian Horse Farm
John Clymer
October 8, 1949
Fall Gab Session
Constantin Alajalov
November 7, 1953
Scarecrow
John Atherton
October 26, 1946
Bonfire
John Newton Howitt
December 12, 1936
Tractors at Sunset
Arthur C. Radebaugh
October 3, 1942