The History of The Saturday Evening Post, Part 6: The Flourishing Fifties
The 1950s brought Americans peace and prosperity, ideals that were reflected in the pages of the The Saturday Evening Post.
The 1950s brought Americans peace and prosperity, ideals that were reflected in the pages of the The Saturday Evening Post.
In the news for the week ending July 30, 2021, are a big win for NYC tourists, a big loss for a Jeopardy! contestant, a new name in baseball, a cartoon version of yourself, and more.
Post artists provided Americans with a weekly mirror in which to see themselves.
Robert Harris’s illustrations for the Post often had a sunny, romantic tone, but before his magazine work, he took a detour through monsters, ghouls, and wild west gunfights.
Read the winners of our September/October 2020 Limerick Laughs contest.
In the news for the week ending September 4, 2020, are changing music, falling satellites, long Zoom meetings, slow honey, and much more.
In the news for the week ending July 31, 2020, are pics of Mars, state rivalries, Bugs Bunny, odd sandwiches, and more.
Lee Lowenfish tells the story of baseball legend Stan Musial’s legendary 3,000th hit.
In the news for the week ending April 24, 2020, are the earliest YouTube video, the latest Perry Mason, the oddities of quarantine, potatoes and chocolate, and more.
Let this gallery bring you the Christmas cheer (and a few tears) of a bygone era.
“He sometimes wondered, whenever Yugoslavia was in the news, if any of the old group had survived. They had been good men. When he had been with them, he had been a pretty good man himself.”
Read all the limericks from our latest contest winner and runners-up and enter next month’s limerick challenge!
80 years ago, NBC aired the first Major League Baseball game on television. Fans haven’t stopped watching it since.
In the news for the week ending May 17, 2019, are new TV shows, an airport turned hotel, Danielle Steel, Doris Day, Tim Conway, and more.
Nearly 85 years ago, the Phillies played the Reds in Major League Baseball’s first night game.
Bob Sassone discusses the return of Jean-Luc Picard, why a hot dog may not be a sandwich, and the rescue of the Brady Bunch house.