The New Yorker February 5, 1944 Victory Garden Center Stage at Party World War II

soft. The New Yorker Magazine -ORIGINAL EDITION- WWII Date: February 5 1944 Size and Page Count: 8.5"" X 11"" Tall, approx. 76 pages Condition: Fair, Cover Condition: Very Good pages are missing, (9/10, 44/45) Cover: 'Victory Garden Center Stage at Party' by William Henry 'Will' Cotton (1880-1958) was an American portrait painter, caricaturist, and playwright. After a successful career as a portrait painter, he began working as a caricaturist for Vanity Fair in 1931 and for The New Yorker the following year. In 1931, the New York Repertory Company produced a comedy he wrote, ""The Bride the Sun Shines On"", at the Fulton Theatre in New York. He also painted mural decorations for New York City theaters, including the Capitol, Apollo, Times Square, and Selwyn theaters. Illustrations: Full color illustration on front cover as well as many black and white, and color illustrations inside magazine ----An excellent opportunity for the collector, researcher or historian---- Contains: This magazine is famous for it's focus on life in New York. Departments include Goings On About Town, The Art Galleries , Books, The Current Cinema, Of All Things, On and Off the Avenue:Feminine Fashions, A Reporter at Large, and The Theatre. Articles and Ads Of Interest: Full page ad for Three Feathers Whiskey In Talk of the Town, a discussion over the new withholding tax Two page comic depiction of the Fourteenth Air Force in the China Theatre Vat 69 advertisement (blended scotch whiskey) Full page color ad for Allison Engines