The America shown in Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post covers probably never anticipated a company like Google. But it would no doubt approve of the website’s understated tribute today.
In honor of Rockwell’s birthday, the search engine replaced its regular logo with a riff on his “Little Spooners,” an image of a boy and girl lost [...]
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Norman Rockwell: Saturday Evening Post Artist Merits a Google Doodle
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Artists * Authors **, Ephemera ***, NEWS, Vinyl Records **
Tags:2010·art·Google·Google doodle·illustration·Little Spooners·magazines·Saturday Evening Post·vintage magazines·vinyl record store
“Fine Books & Collections” Magazine Back in Print
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Culture * Carolinas **, NEWS, Vinyl Records **
Durham, NC. Fine Books & Collections magazine, which targets collectors of rare and collectible books, will return to a regular print schedule in April 2010.
The magazine had suspended its bi-monthly publication schedule in November 2008, but published an edition in Fall 2009. Based on very positive results, the publishers will return the magazine to print [...]
Tags:book collecting·Fine Books & Collections·magazines·north carolina·publishing·rare books·vinyl record store
“Afro Picks”: Publishers Weekly Apologizes
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · NEWS
NEW YORK — Publishers Weekly, the book trade magazine, is apologizing for a cover that has been strongly criticized for being racist. MORE
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Republican Elephant Bleeds to Death in Parade
July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Ephemera ***
This 1933 National Farm Journal cover seems appropriate for 2009
(note the donkey in background)
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Weird Cigarette Magazine Advertisements
July 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Ephemera ***
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