Illustrations from McCall's Service Booklet "Parties All the Year" (1924)

This belonged to one of my great-grandmothers, though we are not sure exactly which, but this McCall's Service Booklet from 1924 titled "Parties All the Year" by Claudia M. Fitzgerald is filled with classic seasonal illustrations. The series included approximately twenty small booklets, each priced at ten cents, or twelve volumes for a dollar. Included here are the front and back cover (which includes an index), title page, and all the illustrations from this small booklet. Enjoy the slide show below, or click through for the Flickr set.

Happy Thanksgiving Image from Our Next Set (1924)

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Thanks for subscribing, and as a thank you to those of you reading this, here is a Thanksgiving image from our next set, the illustrations from the 1924 booklet, Parties All the Year, by Claudia Fitzgerald. Enjoy!

N.C. Wyeth Illustration - Snake and Hawk (1923)

A family friend got me into the artwork of N.C. Wyeth when I was a teenager and I've been hooked ever since, collecting many volumes of Scribner's Classics illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. On a recent trip I found this single sheet from The Ladies Home Journal from March of 1923. Enjoy this beautiful image!

Gertrude Elliott Color Illustrations from "The Golden Songbook" (1945)

"The Golden Songbook" is a classic songbook for children, and it was just that for my mother. Filled with sixty songs -- from "A-Hunting We Will Go" to "Yankee Doodle" -- and dozens of wonderful illustrations by Gertrude Elliott, this book is a minor treasure. Here's the official description:

Sixty of the best-loved songs of childhood are here, all illustrated in Gertrude Elliott's charming manner. The arrangements are suited to young voices amd simply harmonized for piano accompaniment. A dozen songs may be used for singing games, and the directions for these have been included. Katherine Tyler Wessells has also arrange "The Little Golden Book of Singing Games". Among the books Miss Elliott has illustrated are "The Golden Dictionary," "The Golden Book of Poetry," and a number of Little Golden Books.

And so, from The Golden Library, here are the complete set of color illustrations by Gertrude Elliott from "The Golden Songbook" for your viewing pleasure -- and click through for the full-sized scans if you so desire! And -- though I hate to ask -- if you are getting something out of the stuff here, please throw a few bucks in my donation box -- thank you!

Batman LP Cover Illustrations (1966)

Like most kids, I group up on the staples of Batman and Superman from the DC Comics world. Once the TV show got popular, lots of bands recorded versions of Batman songs, and the "Dan and Dale" album from 1966 is one of the more memorable, especially in light of the fact that it was a studio album including member of Sun Ra and Al Cooper's bands. The original cover featured these five great illustrations -- I have no idea who did them -- but I thought they belonged here.

AGS Around the World Program: Title Pages (1950s)

Here's a round-up post of all the title pages from the American Geographical Society Around the World Program books. Of the ten volumes that I own, only one doesn't have an illustration on the cover pages, the volume on Scandinavian Countries. Feel free to read my first post on the AGS Around the World Program if you'd like more information about these books and where they came from. Enjoy these wonderful illustrations and click through for full-sized images.

AGS Around the World: Pakistan (1958)

In my next edition of the American Geographical Society Around the World Program series, we will see the beautiful Lawrence B. Smith illustrations from the volume on Pakistan. Feel free to read my first post on the AGS Around the World Program if you'd like more information about these books and where they came from. Enjoy these orange illustrations and click through for full-sized images.

 

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

Liberty Magazine: Vox Pop Illustrations (1939)

My uncle is a paint contractor in Port Townsend, Washington, and he is always being given "junk" from clients' old houses. These images are from a couple of old issues of Liberty, and the regular column "Vox Pop". I was going through them recently and these images just looked so special! I hope you enjoy, and be sure to click through for full-sized images. If you'd like to see dozens of other covers, be sure to visit Nostalgiaville at http://gono.com/ and check their giant gallery of Liberty covers.

 

  

  

   

  

  

  

  

AGS Around the World Program: Belgian Congo (1958)

In my next edition of the American Geographical Society Around the World Program series, we will see the beautiful uncredited illustrations from the volume on Belgian Congo (now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Feel free to read my first post on the AGS Around the World Program if you'd like more information about these books and where they came from. Enjoy these red illustrations and click through for full-sized images.