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For #MARCH 1991 ‘Sam and Shelob’ John Howe (b. 1957) *The 1991 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for March #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JohnHowe #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR

#OTD in 1965 (waiting for the parade) Cover of The New Yorker, March 13, 1965 Charles E. Martin #TheNewYorkerCover #CharlesEMartin #StPatricksDay #leprechaun

In #MARCH 1956 👇🧵 UNIVAC: “You're trying to divide by zero” Remington Rand Univac #illustration #illustrationart #UNIVAC #computers #dataprocessing

#OTD in 1954 Cover of The New Yorker, March 13, 1954 Roger Duvoisin (1900-1980) #TheNewYorkerCover #RogerDuvoisin

In #MARCH 1952 👇🧵 ‘Machinery... and The National City Bank of New York’ #Illustration by Clarence H. Carter (1904-2000) National City Bank of New York. March 1952 ‘... Now there are even more promising machines humming and clicking in laboratories and “factories.” They are ➡️

In #MARCH 1950 👇🧵 ‘IT&T Brings You Tops in Television - The New Capehart’ ‘The Capehart Nocturne...with 16-inch television picture’ #television #televisionsets #Capehart #symphonyorchestra #classicalmusic #design #interiordesign #interiordecoration

In MARCH 1950 Cover of *Coronet*, March 1950 The postman dreams of Florida - but ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Venus’! [PART 3] 🧵👇 #illustration #illustrationart #USPS #ChesleyBonestell #ScienceFiction #future #spacetravel #spacetourism #spaceart #Venus #atomicenergy #NuclearPower

#MARCH 1949 👇🧵 '“Television Party,” by #DouglassCrockwell [1904-1968]. No. 27 in the series “Home Life in America,” by noted American illustrators' #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #television #interiordesign #interiordecoration #mensfashion #womensfashion

#THISWEEK in 1949 ‘They proved Mark Twain was wrong’ U. S. Army and Air Force Recruiting Service *Collier’s*, March 12, 1949 #USAirForce #USAF #aviation

#THISWEEK in 1949 👇🧵 ‘Garcia mumbled a few words and hung up. When he came back to the counter there was a strange look on his face’ Illustration by Jack Cowan (1915-1992) for ➡️ #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #JackCowan

#Fortune for #MARCH 1945 ‘Spain Today’ Illustration by Peter Piening (1908-1977 👉ALT) Cover of *Fortune*, March 1945 #FortuneCover #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #PeterPiening

#OTD in 1943 (tax consultant) Cover of The New Yorker, March 13, 1943 Perry Barlow #TheNewYorkerCover #PerryBarlow #taxidrivers #taxreturn

#OTD in 1942 👇🧵 ‘A Malayan mother expresses her grief over the loss of her child whose body (at right) lies where the youngster was killed by a Japanese bomb fragment in one of the last raids before the city fell, in #Singapore' March 13, 1942 #WW2 #blackandwhitephotography

#MARCH 1941 (cast #phenolics) ‘Catalin, the Gem of #Plastics ...Faithful interpreter of nature’s most admired semi-precious stones, Catalin brings to this timepiece the exquisite tones...the rich markings...and the brilliant characteristics of verd antique. ...’ #Catalin Corp.

#OTD in 1937 (Tax time: Internal Revenue and internal struggle) Cover of The New Yorker, March 13, 1937 Constantin Alajálov #TheNewYorkerCover #ConstantinAlajálov #incometax #taxreturn #IRS

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay ‘Who's who in the zoo - Illustrated natural history prepared by the #WPA #FederalWritersProject: On sale at all book stores, zoos, and museums’ NYC: #FederalArtProject, [1936 or 1937]. Color silkscreen #poster. #wildlife #zoos #apes #NaturalHistory

In #MARCH 1936 ‘Trading post at Cumberland Homesteads, Crossville, Cumberland, Tennessee’ #ResettlementAdministration photographer Carl Mydans (1907-2004) #TheNewDeal #CarlMydans #SubsistenceHomesteads #CumberlandHomesteads #Tennessee #blackandwhitephotography

#OTD in 1935 ‘Mudslide prevention work damaged near Madrona Drive, #Seattle, March 13, 1935’ One of the innumerable road construction & maintenance projects of #TheNewDeal’s first work relief program, the #FERA. #FederalEmergencyReliefAdministration

#OTD in 1926 (thoroughly modern costume ball) Cover of The New Yorker, March 13, 1926 H.O. Hoffman #TheNewYorkerCover #HOHoffman

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay Green #Woodpeckers, Male (left) & Female, the Latter Protruding Her Tongue to Catch Ants. By #AllenWSeaby (1867-1953 👉ALT) Sir #WilliamBeachThomas [1868-1957] & #AnthonyKeelingCollett [1877-1929] *Birds through the Year* (London 1922) #ScientificIllustration

#OTD in 1919 “Good-Bye, Little French Mother“ Illustration by Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Cover of *Life*, March 13, 1919 #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #NormanRockwell #WW1

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay ‘Crampuses - By Louis A. Sargent’ Frank Finn, *The Wild Beasts of the World* Vol. 2 (T.C. & E.C. Jack, London [1909?]) #wildlife #crampuses #killerwhales #orcas #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #LouisAugustusSargent (1881-1965)

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay ‘Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros - By C. E. Swan’ Frank Finn, *The Wild Beasts of the World* Vol. 2 (T.C. & E.C. Jack, London [1909?]) #wildlife #rhinos #rhinoceros #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #CuthbertEdmundSwan (1870-1931)

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay ‘Streptosyla, Glandina.’ #PaulFischer (1835-1893), *Études sur les mollusques terrestres et fluviatales du #Mexique et du #Guatemala.* t.1. (Paris, Imprimerie impériale 1870-1902) 7e Partie, Pl. 11 #snails #molluscs #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay 👇🧵 Pl. III 1. Cape Buffalo Head. 2. Congo Buffalo Head. 3. Lake Tchad Buffalo Horns. 4. Brindled Gnu Head. 5. White-bearded Gnu Head. 6. White-tailed Gnu Head. #wildlife #ScientificIllustration #horns #gnus #buffaloes #hunting #Africa

3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay Fig. 1 ‘Empidonax acadicus. Acadian flycatcher’ Fig. 2 ‘Contopus virens. Wood pewee.’ Howard Jones (1853-), *Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio* #Illustrations by Mrs. N.E. Jones Vol. I (1886) Pl. XIX #ScientificIllustration #wildlife

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay ‘Oxybelus argentatus. Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Larridae.' John Curtis (1791-1862), *British Entomology* (London [1833]) IV, pl. 480. #wildlife #insects #entomology #hymenoptera #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #JohnCurtis

For #MARCH 1990 👇🧵 ‘At the Sign of the Prancing Pony.’ Ted Nasmith (b. 1956). Gouache on illustration board. *Tolkien Calendar 1990* (Unwin Paperbacks) for March. #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #TedNasmith #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR

#3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay ‘Africa – Fly TWA’ David Klein (1918-2005). Ca. 1960s. #wildlife #Africa #grasslands #savannah #zebras #poster #DavidKlein #GraphicDesign #IllustrationArt

#OTD in 1960 Cover of The New Yorker, March 12, 1966 Arthur Getz 🙏 Maria Alves‬ ‪@blue-dreamer953.bsky.social Mar 12, 2025‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

#OTD in 1960 Will your present letterhead impress this commuter? Hammermill Bond Illustrator unknown *The Saturday Evening Post*, March 12, 1960 #illustration #illustrationart #HammermillBond #stationery #passengerdrone #commuter #future #mansfashion #aviation

In MARCH 1950 👇🧵 Cover of *Coronet*, March 1950 The postman dreams of Florida - but ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Venus’! [PART 2] #illustrationart #USPS #illustrationartists #ChesleyBonestell #ScienceFiction #future #spacetravel #spacetourism #spaceart #Venus #atomicenergy #NuclearPower

#OTD in 1949 3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay #ByronWDalrymple (1910-1994), “Fishing for the Fighting Sturgeon” #Illustration by W. David Shaw (b. 1916) #Fishing #Sturgeon #Illustrationart #illustrationartists #WDavidShaw 'Sturgeons are champion fighters, and spearing them through ➡️

#OTD in 1949 👇🧵 ‘It adds up to your biggest musical Value . . .’ Illustration by ‘ian’ #radio #phonograph #IllustrationArt #IndustrialDesign

#OTD in 1949 👇🧵 ‘Susan tripped and fell. Tommy saw her lip tremble as she fought back the tears. She said, “Stumblebum – that’s me.” Nobody denied it’ Illustration by Ken Cowhey for ➡️ #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #KenCowhey

#OTD in 1949 ‘Saturday Matinee’ Illustration by Stanley (1923-2005) and Janice Berenstain (1923-2012) Cover of *Collier’s*, March 12, 1949 #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #StanBerenstain #JanBerenstain #movietheatre #cinema

#OTD in 1944 #PrinceValiant, written & illustrated by #HalFoster - from no. 370, 12 March 1944 ‘Beric waits all day for his master to return and then walks home. A horseman hates walking, but, being a squire to Prince Valiant makes one expect almost anything.’

#Fortune for #MARCH 1940 Illustration by Frederick Chance (1911-2007) Cover of *Fortune*, March 1940 #FortuneCover #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FrederickChance #plumbing #pipes #aquaduct #RomanAquaduct #hydraulicengineering

#OTD in 1938 👇🧵 *Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur*, written & illustrated by Hal Foster Details from no. 57, 12 Mar. 1938 ‘... half-sister of King Arthur, beautiful, evil, and mistress of strange magic.’ ‘The enchantress Morgan Le Fay desires Sir Gawain's agreement ➡️

#OTD in 1938 Cover of The New Yorker, March 12, 1938 Garrett Price 👉 ALT #TheNewYorkerCover #GarrettPrice #Spring #SpringFestival #Bock #beer #cornucopia

#OTD in 1937 👇🧵 'Mithrana' Albert Stewart (1900-1965) 'Photograph of mock-up for sculptural element, "#Mithrana", proposed for exterior of Administration Building, New York World's Fair 1939. March 12, 1937.' #NYWorldsFair1939 #blackandwhitephotography #AlbertStewart #basrelief

#OTD in 1937 'Creative Assignment “Along the Waterfront”' One of a series of photographic studies of New York City made by a member of the Photography Division of the #WPA #FederalArtProject 12(?) March 1937 #blackandwhitephotography #lowerManhattan #skyline #skyscrapers #docks

#OTD in 1933 👇🧵 #FDR delivered the first of his ‘Fireside Chats' from the White House, ‘On the Bank Crisis’, explaining the bank crisis itself and how the freshly passed Emergency Banking Act would address it with banks reopening from the next day on.

#OTD in 1932 ‘Sunday March 12th Midnite. Triumphant Return of the Maestro of Symphonic Jazz – The Aristocrat of Harlem – Cotton Club Presents Harlem’s Aristocrat of Jazz - #DukeEllington and his famous orchestra. Plus of course #DanHealy’s Cotton Club Parade 21st Edition. ...’

#OTD in 1932 Cover of The New Yorker, March 12, 1932 Rea Irvin #TheNewYorkerCover #LeoRackow #taxes #incometax #taxreturn #IRS

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay Wooden Trade Sign in the Shape of a Crab. Pine wood. #wildlife #marinelife #aquaticlife #biodiversity #crustaceans #crabs

#OTD in 1927 Cover of The New Yorker, March 12, 1927 Carl Rose #TheNewYorkerCover #CarlRose #angel #devils

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay Composition of #butterflies, pochoir print, by #EASéguy. #EmileAllainSéguy (1877-1951), *Papillons* (Paris, Tolmer [ca. 1925]) Pl. 9. #wildlife #entomology #biodiversity #AppliedArts #design #ArtDeco #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists

3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay ‘Skunked’ Phillip R. Goodwin (1882-1935). Oil on canvas. N.D. #wildlife #biodiversity #forest #fishing #wading #skunk #illustration #IllustrationArt #IllustrationArtists #PhillipGoodwin #AmericanArt