I immediately recognize only 3 of the names on the members' list: C. Aubrey Smith the actor, Norman Rockwell the artist, and Lucius Beebe the newspaper columnist. I suppose the newspaper/magazine reader of 1942 would be expected to recognize most or all of them.
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I think I found what inspired @steveclarkus a while ago. Quite a few happy looking guys with pipes in their mouths and fly rods in their hands.
Olsen & Johnson had hit their stride by the early 40s, they were household names (as an act anyway, not individually).
John Erskine the author and as I read a pianist as well.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
Chew on Revelation? … not for me.
Chew on Revelation? … not for me.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
I wonder if this was an actual thing, or just something cooked up to give the impression that we hadn't yet perfected radar, which was a closely-guarded military secret at this time.
Radar was an imprecise instrument at best those days. The radar could ballpark you well enough, but wasn't enough to get you exactly on target. That technology coupled with radar proved to be pretty effective though.
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By the Iowa class battleships, radar-directed firing had come of age, and was remarkably superior to the previous optical systems, especially at the longest ranges. Unfortunately, the aircraft carrier had come of age, too, rendering it all obsolete.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
The summer of '42, somewhere in Pennsylvania.
The summer of '42, somewhere in Pennsylvania.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
1942 many men were getting free haircuts. Beautiful scene.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
I love the effects in this. B & W, yes, but the artist captures the night, the warm light emerging from the hosts' house; a portrait of a time when people dressed up to go out of the house (or were expected to, reflected by paintings such as this); a snapshot of the styles of 1942 (the host's 3-button jacket and short tie, and the cool crisp look of the lady guest's pinstripe dress). Grand stuff.
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
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From The Cabin Coffee Table — An occasional look back at what the old Codgers saw and smoked (with a little detour and frolic, here and there):
