Sunday, March 31, 2024
Wish You Were Here, from Cobb Shinn
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It apparently took a team effort of the Scofield-Pierson Company and Import Post Card Company to publish a series of postcards in 1907 that visualized some of James Whitcomb Riley's beloved poems. This card reproduces one stanza of "The Little Town of Tailholt," originally published in Riley's 1887 book, Afterwhiles.
Cobb Shinn was tasked with the art chores. No doubt his Indiana pedigree helped to get him the job of illustrating the work of the Hoosier Poet.
Labels: Wish You Were Here
