In the early 20th century, J. C. Leyendecker rose to prominence as an illustrator whose work was seen everywhere from soap advertisements to the cover of the "Saturday Evening Post." His drawings ...

Yet, this iconic periodical we know best from the early and mid-20 th century is one of the oldest magazines in the United States. The magazine, which has deep Philadelphia roots, published its ...

In 1987, after Shawn was forced out as editor by S.I. Newhouse Jr., the magazine’s owner, more than 150 of the magazine’s writers and cartoonists signed a letter imploring his replacement ...

In the very early years of the twentieth century, the New York-born painter Emily Noyes Vanderpoel published an intriguing book on color: Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of ...