Tuesday Spill: 99 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker

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99 Years Ago This Week In The New Yorker

Here’s a quick look at the issue of January 16, 1926 — the second time The New Yorker published in January (any January). The magazine hadn’t yet settled on the Rea Irvin Talk design I’ve been going on and on about for the past eight years. Back in 1926, Mr. Irvin’s design looked like this:

Among the artists in the issue: S.W. Reynolds (his third of a dozen covers for the magazine), I.”Izzy” Klein, Ralph Barton, Peter Arno, John Held, Jr., Helen Hokinson, Al Frueh, Barbara Shermund, Boardman Robinson, and Jimmie the Ink (James Daugherty).

Here’s Helen Hokinson’s drawing in the issue:

And here’s a Peter Arno illustration (not a cartoon). The classic Arno “look” was still years away…

Also in the issue, this Julian de Miskey full page: