April is National Lawn & Garden Month. After the icy, cold winter we just had, it’s finally time to celebrate spring and get those gardens and lawns ready. Find your gardening gloves, get out your lawn mowers, and let’s get started. by Neysa McMein, McCall’s, May 1934 You&...
April 10 has been designated as National Golf Day, most likely since the first professional U.S. golf tournament was held on April 10, 1916. To commemorate this day, Modern Graphic History Library looks at the way women golfer has been portrayed in magazine illustration and advertising. by Georg...
Baseball season has begun! In celebration of this, Modern Graphic History Library would like to present its rendition of the classic baseball song we all know and sing during the seventh inning stretch. (Please note, since MGHL is located at Washington University in St. Louis … there might...
This week the talented and versatile Polish-born paperback artist George Ziel would have been 100 years old. From the 1950s until his death in 1982, he drew many uncredited covers for romance, Gothic, and mystery paperbacks for the major paperback publishers including Avon, Dell, Fawcett Crest, ...
Now that Daylight Savings Time is upon us, we have sprung forward one hour in time. Are you still missing that lost hour of sleep? by John Gannam, from Life, September 8, 1947 Beds were frequently featured in mid-twentieth century advertising, though not always for sleep-related products. When ...
March 7th is National Cereal Day! To honor this occasion, Modern Graphic History Library looks at the early 20th century advertising for Cream of Wheat, which debuted in 1893 at the Chicago World’s Fair. by Leslie Thrasher, 1912 In the early 20th century, Cream of Wheat advertising became ...
The City of St. Louis turns 250 years old during 2014. Since historians do not know the official date of the city’s founding, it was decided to start the year-long celebration this February. In honor of this celebration, Modern Graphic History Library, a part of Washington University in S...
Has watching the Winter Olympics made you dream of Olympic glory? illustrated by Bernie Fuchs, 1979 New York Telephone directory Well, you’d better start practicing. Grab some skis and hit the slopes. illustrated by Bradshaw Crandall, Cosmopolitan, February 1941 It may take a while to get ...
January is National Soup Month. Let’s celebrate with some Campbell’s Soup. by Grace Drayon, from American Magazine, December 1923 The Campbell’s Soup Company was founded in 1869 (under a different name, the Joseph A. Campbell Preserve Company) and was originally focused on cann...
Today is Answer Your Cat’s Question Day. We suggest you start preparing your research, since you never know what question your cat may ask. by Stanley M. Arthurs, unknown publication and date Of course, the key to successfully celebrating this special day is to figure out exactly what ques...
