Weren’t They Funny?

I wish we still had artists turning out large volumes of thought-provoking and amusing artwork for magazines and newspapers.

This is a cover of Life magazine from 1914, predicting what people would be wearing in 1950. The caption under the illustration reads, “Weren’t they funny?”

Otho Williams McD. Cushing (October 22, 1870 – October 13, 1942) was an American artist, known primarily for his early 20th century illustration and cartoons, for magazines and posters.

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