New York City Curiosities and War Era Reminiscences
A jumbled tour through Manhattan landmarks, cultural quirks, and wartime anecdotes. The piece notes Park Avenue opulence, Radio City acoustics, Chinatown and Yorkville density, plus myths about earthquakes and the Brooklyn Bridge. It also recalls LaGuardia, ethnic enclaves, and a wartime propaganda broadcast tale with Morris Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Park Ave
Radio City
Goring
Metropolis
Chinatown
Matt St
Puerto Raucan
Warler
Calendar art dominates American walls and profits
The calendar picture is the most widely known and profitable form of art in the United States. Brown and Bigelow and other firms hire top illustrators like Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish to supply calendars featuring Dionne quintuplets and landscapes. The Quintuplets lead in popularity for nine years, with landscapes and human-interest scenes also highly favored. calendars remain a daily presence in homes and offices, shaping visual culture and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Elmo Scott Watson
Western Newspaper Union
Brown and Digelow
St. Paul
Miny
Osborne Company
Clifton
Shaw-Barton Company
Coshucton
Ohio
Thormas D. Murphy Company
Red Oak
Towa
Gerlach-Barklow Company
Jolet
Kemper- Thomas Company
Cincmnnati
Talis
Brown and Bigelow
Mrs. America
Maxfield Parrish
Norman Rockwell
Lawson Wood
Rolf Armstrong
Anton Qita Fischer
Frank Hoffman
N.C. Wyeth
Maud Tousey Fangel
Military
Canada
Dionne
Annette
Cecile
Yvonne
Emilie
Marie Dionne
Andrew Loomis
Brown and
Segari
Maud Towsey Fangel
Manet
Gainshore
Max
Jigld Parrish
Turner and
Corot
Rosa Bonheur
Rolf Annstrong
Zoe Mozert
Maxfield Parfish
Norsman Rockwell
Advertising calendars reshape markets since 1838
The piece traces how calendars merged with sales messages after the 1960s war era, noting E. B. Osborne as a pivotal figure who popularized nationwide advertising calendars and linked them to profits, highlighting the calendar as a modern marketing tool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Osborne
Calendar printing grows into a 20 million a year business
Osborne envisioned the county court house image in Montgomery Iowa and created a calendar selling the names of 22 advertisers. The calendar sparked a national calendar printing industry now worth about 20 million annually with calendars in sizes from compact vest pocket to jumbo 29 by 42 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
County Court House
Montgomery
Iowa
Hawkeye State
Government eggs sales and winter fuel outlook
Washington column surveys government plans to release five million cases of cold storage eggs, debating price support and consumer impact. It also notes a cold winter ahead with oil and coal shortages, rationing debates, and a shift to dealer rationing amid fuel and tire supply concerns in wartime logistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Food Administration
Urilies
War Food
OPA
WPA
Fim
CFA
Camel Cigarettes Tie Salute to Military Gifts
Classified notice notes Camel cigarettes remain a favored item among Army Navy Marine and Coast Guard service members. It highlights sales in service stores and the habit of sending Camels as gifts, with restrictions on overseas mail but available to U S and domestic military personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OWL
Morris Pierce
Cleveland
Ohio
Army
Italy
Pierce
Italar
Malta
Andrew Brown Cunningham
McClure
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
U. S
American Prisoners in Axis Camps Counted
About 5 million war prisoners are interned by the Axis with 24,500 Americans. Of these, 6,000 are in 18 German camps across four countries and 16,500 in 42 Japanese camps across seven countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
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Manhattan
Giovanni da Verrazanno
Sum
LaGuardia
Germany
Yorkville
Staten Island
Old
Murray Hill
Herman Goering
Armetieda
England
Ste Geen
RAF
Follanth
Groucho Marx
Artur Rubinstein
Southern California
Rachmaninoff
Menuhin Tiurhi
Rubinstein
Heifetz
Allo Whor
The
Philharmonic
Maysic
Dionne Quintuplets
Coypen Lahoniing
Ickes
Moscow
Russia
Besson
Jesse Jones
Bac
ODT
Rubber Director's Office
Washington
Senate
Capitol
Bill’ Donovan
State Department
France
Western Work CO
Buxai
Monrovia
Lydia KE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Grove
Groves
Korea
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Doan
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