Peter Arno: America's Best-Dressed Guy

On Sunday, January 26, 1941, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram published a story by Lucius Beebe of the New York Tribune. He writes about New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno, who was then 37 years of age. The Custom Tailors Guild nominated Arno as America's best-dressed man. Beebe begs to disagree, arguing that Arno is being honored for his celebrity as much as for his fashionable duds.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/635931141/

Note:  Ah, but who is today's best-dressed blogger? Wouldn't you like to know?

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A Clare Briggs Drawing for Flu Season

It is now officially flu season in the State of New York. Chances are the drawing accompanying a 1915 autograph letter by Clare Briggs to a fan depicts nothing more serious than the common cold, but one can't be too careful. 

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Clare Briggs
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December 23, 2018 Update:  Well, what do you know? Just three days prior to my posting this letter and drawing, Mike Lynch posted a vintage 1913 video which includes Clare Briggs making a demonstration drawing of a very similar image. This must have been a well known Briggs subject, as he chose it for both the 1913 film demonstration and the 1915 souvenir drawing.

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