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#WilliamRScott, “The Town That Remembered”
‘Ever since my brother Allan came home from Korea, he’d been acting this funny way – soreheaded, Mr. Ellis called it – and none of us could figure out why. It was breaking mom’s heart’
*Collier’s*, Mar. 29, 1952
#PTSD #TranMawicke #1950s
#THISWEEK in 1952
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‘Mr. Ellis held up a pie wrapped in white paper with a green ribbon. “What am I bid on this one?” he asked. Allan said, “Five dollars,” and Mr. Ellis said, “Sold”’
#Illustration by #TranMawicke (1911-1988) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists
full issue at https://archive.org/details/colliersmagazine ‘Al Hine was a reporter, novelist, and movie producer who wrote numerous books including Lord Love a Duck, which was made into a movie starring Tuesday Weld and Roddy McDowall, and pop novels based on the Bewitched TV series and the Beatles' movie Help!’ Wikipedia
Al Hine (1915-1974), “How Towson Passed Algebra”
👉ALT
‘He couldn’t tell hot from cold, or an X from a noun, but in football – ah, the wonders he performed!’’
*Collier’s*, November 22, 1952
#AlHine #shortstory #TranMawicke #mensfashion #1950s
#THISWEEK in 1952
‘When Mr. Phelps allowed his gaze to stray, Towson swept the papers off his desk. “Dropped something,” he said, and got down on his knees’
#Illustration by Tran Mawicke (1911-1988) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #TranMawicke #mensfashion #1950s
#OTD in 1952
‘We had this lovely bungalow overlooking the harbor, and it was better than ever with Tom and me. The world looked good to us. We couldn’t bear to leave . . .’
#Illustration by Tran Mawicke (1911-1988) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #TranMawicke
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John D. MacDonald (1916-1966), “Who’s the Blonde?”
‘He was four thousand dollars short, and the cops had it figured out. They said he’d wrapped the bills and shoved them across the counter to the girl.’
*Collier’s*, August 9, 1952
#JohnDMacDonald #TranMawicke
#OTD in 1952
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"She comes right to your window and waits. A dish like that, people notice her. One of those tight-skirt blondies. The guy at window two hears her call you Tom”
#Illustration by Tran Mawicke (1911-1988) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #TranMawicke
full issue at https://archive.org/details/colliersmagazine
#WilliamRScott, “The Town That Remembered”
‘Ever since my brother Allan came home from Korea, he’d been acting this funny way – soreheaded, Mr. Ellis called it – and none of us could figure out why. It was breaking mom’s heart’
*Collier’s*, Mar. 29, 1952
#PTSD #TranMawicke #1950s
full issue at https://archive.org/details/colliersmagazine
#THISWEEK in 1952
👇🧵
‘Mr. Ellis held up a pie wrapped in white paper with a green ribbon. “What am I bid on this one?” he asked. Allan said, “Five dollars,” and Mr. Ellis said, “Sold”’
#Illustration by #TranMawicke (1911-1988) for ➡️
#illustrationart #illustrationartists
