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Gibson New Cartoons; a Book of Charles Dana Gibson’s Latest Drawings, 1916
A collection of old photographs, historic newspaper clippings and assorted excerpts highlighting the parallels of past and present. Featuring weird, funny and baffling headlines, articles and advertisements! Visit www.yesterdays-print.comĀ
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Gibson New Cartoons; a Book of Charles Dana Gibson’s Latest Drawings, 1916
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The Bystander, London, October 19, 1904
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Social ladder, drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902
Plenty of good fish in the sea.
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Social ladder, drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902
Of course there are mermaids.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, February 7, 1926 & the advertisement described in the interview with Charles Dana Gibson
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The Oshkosh Northwestern, Wisconsin, October 16, 1929
..tossed her corset into the ashcan, lit a cigarette and called for three fingers of whisky with a shot of seltzer.
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Charles Dana Gibson’s New Cartoons, 1916
Even the fish have feelings.
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Social ladder, drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902
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Charles Dana Gibson’s New Cartoons, 1916
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
It’s a long way to go.
It’s a long way to Tipperary
To the sweetest girl I know!
Goodbye, Piccadilly,
Farewell, Leicester Square!
It’s a long long way to Tipperary,
But my heart’s right there.
From the 1890s through the 1910s Irene Gibson (his wife), Nancy Astor, Baroness Phyllis Brand and Nora Phipps were the four Langhorne sisters who inspired many of Charles Dana Gibson’s drawings, encapsulating the American ideal of beauty at the time: the Gibson Girl.
Charles Dana Gibson’s New Cartoons, 1916
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Charles Dana Gibson’s New Cartoons, 1916
Tragic Moments: The first stormy night in the cottage you have rented for the summer.
Social ladder, drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902
Social ladder, drawings by Charles Dana Gibson, 1902