Christmas Past: A Look at Vintage Magazine Covers

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some Christmas inspiration from vintage magazines . . .</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXqRRILIN58DLyLeYv5vb3bIuC1wGQuQHhMgXQqzn06ptHNim4HsRPdsDqmQNezsVJg5HaTBQLnSuZGR-rwkFxeIwwT4Mehmhvo6o0KXTaSHnyFD_xhRns420_9t0TBligQ8GSyzptDxn/s1600/helen-dryden-vogue-cover-december-1916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXqRRILIN58DLyLeYv5vb3bIuC1wGQuQHhMgXQqzn06ptHNim4HsRPdsDqmQNezsVJg5HaTBQLnSuZGR-rwkFxeIwwT4Mehmhvo6o0KXTaSHnyFD_xhRns420_9t0TBligQ8GSyzptDxn/s640/helen-dryden-vogue-cover-december-1916.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - December 1, 1916.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by Helen Dryden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-December-1916-Prints_i8483408_.htm" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhmnWgFzSv4zySgfJUWTanTbrp3Al55dKI__R1mgpGyTpQL4LgkwOuURm_eVoLi9vdtztq0lKSyVIolVHTG1eODGtfHbhEjEWkTwJwAcswnxxoJ1XP-J6gRRqJ9nlkOyjyVhurAr8pKlJ/s1600/helen-dryden-vogue-cover-december-1914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOhmnWgFzSv4zySgfJUWTanTbrp3Al55dKI__R1mgpGyTpQL4LgkwOuURm_eVoLi9vdtztq0lKSyVIolVHTG1eODGtfHbhEjEWkTwJwAcswnxxoJ1XP-J6gRRqJ9nlkOyjyVhurAr8pKlJ/s640/helen-dryden-vogue-cover-december-1914.jpg" width="494" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - December 15, 1914.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by Helen Dryden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-December-1914-Prints_i8483385_.htm" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy70FTogCdLbJuECse8zidQbbAEYvBeZuv3XiUNhFRGZQ9n-EwURDjihUGET_VkZzIIUwvfkUVdUqghn-9U3qXhibzJAIw9cKFEa0PuqL_qS24VkGJVAf8ix8KxrlvaHOLW2KPclnYL2u6/s1600/helen-dryden-vogue-cover-november-1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy70FTogCdLbJuECse8zidQbbAEYvBeZuv3XiUNhFRGZQ9n-EwURDjihUGET_VkZzIIUwvfkUVdUqghn-9U3qXhibzJAIw9cKFEa0PuqL_qS24VkGJVAf8ix8KxrlvaHOLW2KPclnYL2u6/s640/helen-dryden-vogue-cover-november-1920.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - November 1, 1920.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by Helen Dryden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-November-1920-Prints_i8483124_.htm" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QYH42YieQJ8cpkQFEbSiZZ3tphb6HAaErMecaufX87_mYm1JrwEEuw8woUnAwadzv_h0Dpfu6x0g1LcDCSur1GiUw_pfCU9K6EBR71e1y1ZuobhA1diIvYPbayvuvOzSaY5Khzb7eOO7/s1600/george-wolfe-plank-vogue-cover-december-1913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QYH42YieQJ8cpkQFEbSiZZ3tphb6HAaErMecaufX87_mYm1JrwEEuw8woUnAwadzv_h0Dpfu6x0g1LcDCSur1GiUw_pfCU9K6EBR71e1y1ZuobhA1diIvYPbayvuvOzSaY5Khzb7eOO7/s640/george-wolfe-plank-vogue-cover-december-1913.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - December 1, 1913.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by George Wolfe Plank.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-December-1913-Prints_i8483369_.htm" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJZiNtyibm2FFFCFwLvm-3RPNL997o0ViCwdVFydnNwQyLSMzb53pIIo74l4ldLHyaa93UsjKXCEk21eDfojLx9xY7ZjhiH_I95_Ozt8C_rDQCHSKFXlTZiYmpDGSYiO-Ubyaijq3J8ul/s1600/george-wolfe-plank-vogue-cover-december-1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJZiNtyibm2FFFCFwLvm-3RPNL997o0ViCwdVFydnNwQyLSMzb53pIIo74l4ldLHyaa93UsjKXCEk21eDfojLx9xY7ZjhiH_I95_Ozt8C_rDQCHSKFXlTZiYmpDGSYiO-Ubyaijq3J8ul/s640/george-wolfe-plank-vogue-cover-december-1920.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - December 1920.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by George Wolfe Plank.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-December-1920-Prints_i8932505_.htm" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFRXx-9s0CfqN6RxvmCaS4kfndMmwDfwfG8pR-U-qqU7x_8fjVSbqyMux3Vjw1JJxvj7fA_VvPSnhCDcDCFOlBedNIEcfik6xjU9_UMoOIKxZ_1AnAlvncY1xhnE4Nk3HQTo7MZ3j81co/s1600/george-wolfe-plank-vogue-cover-december-1911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFRXx-9s0CfqN6RxvmCaS4kfndMmwDfwfG8pR-U-qqU7x_8fjVSbqyMux3Vjw1JJxvj7fA_VvPSnhCDcDCFOlBedNIEcfik6xjU9_UMoOIKxZ_1AnAlvncY1xhnE4Nk3HQTo7MZ3j81co/s640/george-wolfe-plank-vogue-cover-december-1911.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - December 15, 1911.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Uncredited illustration attributed to George Wolfe Plank.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-December-1911-Prints_i8483310_.htm" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsAyfVp0ZzcZUeFn_E4jxsJly3RYFr_rRwQ4Pg0ErM68pnjRHx28DPEtfoPsZ6oN9bnwVNFVpGSPgYFJfs-2OCjCPDiKj6Y4opjzyaQYiBJkyvA7F2DN-GDCLX5cd4dHyi3WXLVCiTKmc/s1600/frank-x-leyendecker-vogue-cover-december-1913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsAyfVp0ZzcZUeFn_E4jxsJly3RYFr_rRwQ4Pg0ErM68pnjRHx28DPEtfoPsZ6oN9bnwVNFVpGSPgYFJfs-2OCjCPDiKj6Y4opjzyaQYiBJkyvA7F2DN-GDCLX5cd4dHyi3WXLVCiTKmc/s640/frank-x-leyendecker-vogue-cover-december-1913.jpg" width="486" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"An 18th-century couple sits by the fireplace as he presents her with a gift of a pearl necklace."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - December 15, 1913.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by Frank X. Leyendecker.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-December-1913-Prints_i8483370_.htm" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLKIhNkr9Yi_IBpnPzCFGJ7RuwLAasNiE9oyldLMsJ5BiLEJkgzWINeLY3o0FL17kp6JTmDgQreNJCDm0bw73ixw_jNvaHmEg7B16HFY6fEdPabGl-bxX3eJRYcKtEj3H1X1pMgP_OuW5/s1600/georges-lepape-vogue-cover-december-1930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLKIhNkr9Yi_IBpnPzCFGJ7RuwLAasNiE9oyldLMsJ5BiLEJkgzWINeLY3o0FL17kp6JTmDgQreNJCDm0bw73ixw_jNvaHmEg7B16HFY6fEdPabGl-bxX3eJRYcKtEj3H1X1pMgP_OuW5/s640/georges-lepape-vogue-cover-december-1930.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - December 8, 1930.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by Georges Lepape.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-December-1930-Prints_i8483606_.htm" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPXp5ao8zm4jFl-qBBnYUelabQD1XX59qjA12UnlN93ah5BHwnksi2QXvh3PJ3pLD8sqr4P69-_QzbHjwdThcG4D3nPfxVU1xylyq23pn98zjRpj1sVMCIt0svU4H_rU3vDBlNkE8Gbw7/s1600/cropwm+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPXp5ao8zm4jFl-qBBnYUelabQD1XX59qjA12UnlN93ah5BHwnksi2QXvh3PJ3pLD8sqr4P69-_QzbHjwdThcG4D3nPfxVU1xylyq23pn98zjRpj1sVMCIt0svU4H_rU3vDBlNkE8Gbw7/s640/cropwm+(1).jpg" width="434" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harper's Bazaar Cover - December 1923.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.art.com/products/p12347380-sa-i1765067/harper-s-bazaar-december-1923.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=25652&dimVals=25652&ui=E90D1DADBE034257A2180D8A42449DF3&aff=conf&ctid=881210169&rfid=945949&tkid=15059376" target="_blank">Photo via www.art.com</a>. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0zGGy2cumMTymtm9epRV4e1njbHGvujbfAQIU7Tt7H7J7qx-sypKOFsEbBs7A4Y8VoZ5BhpnG5VRXppk7JfBmexU1KDBCpSci2VNTvqsYIh0wshgIb2ozTpdxZ0E7jDjrOK0Bgl7J0Np/s1600/cropwm+(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0zGGy2cumMTymtm9epRV4e1njbHGvujbfAQIU7Tt7H7J7qx-sypKOFsEbBs7A4Y8VoZ5BhpnG5VRXppk7JfBmexU1KDBCpSci2VNTvqsYIh0wshgIb2ozTpdxZ0E7jDjrOK0Bgl7J0Np/s640/cropwm+(6).jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A. H. Fish's cartoon cover of <i>Vanity Fair</i> magazines traditionally combined minimalist style with mischievous subject matters. Here, a suave partygoer finds himself with a lady on each arm, directly under an extra large bunch of mistletoe." </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vanity Fair Cover - December 1,1921.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by A. H. Fish.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.art.com/products/p12503280747-sa-i6354797/a-h-fish-vanity-fair-cover-december-1921.htm?sOrig=CAT&sOrigID=0&dimVals=0&ui=E90D1DADBE034257A2180D8A42449DF3&SSK=magazine+covers+december&searchstring=magazine+covers+december" target="_blank">Photo via www.art.com</a>.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqL0NNQK3yhKvnClM7GlHDTgwfda-oD1EoQPfRyKPxTkcuc-74d2nDn5kPj8QGiiPfz55xuMPHoEKmd9FNOwJN12i5R8bnIEuFdGI5NsmJ14unWovE3eyHXr6KsDybDpcIFcjezKgNSDh/s1600/andre-e-marty-vogue-cover-december-1923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTqL0NNQK3yhKvnClM7GlHDTgwfda-oD1EoQPfRyKPxTkcuc-74d2nDn5kPj8QGiiPfz55xuMPHoEKmd9FNOwJN12i5R8bnIEuFdGI5NsmJ14unWovE3eyHXr6KsDybDpcIFcjezKgNSDh/s640/andre-e-marty-vogue-cover-december-1923.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Vogue Cover - December 1923.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Illustration by Andre E. Marty.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.condenaststore.com/-sp/Vogue-Cover-December-1923-Prints_i8932498_.htm" target="_blank">Photo via Conde Nast Collection Presented by Art.com</a>. </span></div><span id="goog_2096726305"></span><span id="goog_2096726306"></span><br />

Christmas Past: A Look at Vintage Magazine Covers

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