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The real Mad Men: Mac Conner's stunning New York illustrations – in pictures
Mac Conner arrived in New York in 1950 and built a career in the city’s vibrant publishing industry with his crisp, hand-painted illustrations. See the classics he created for Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and more at the House of Illustration, London, until 28 June
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Let’s Take a Trip Up the Nile, published in This Week magazine, 1950. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterHow Do You Love Me, for Woman’s Home Companion, 1950. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterAll The Good Guys Died, printed in Cosmopolitan, 1951. Photograph: Astrid Cravens
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterDon’t Be Like Me, in Collier’s, 1953. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWhere’s Mary Smith?, published in Good Housekeeping, 1950. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThe Trouble With Love, in Good Housekeeping, 1952. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterWe Won’t Be Any Trouble, Collier’s, 1953. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterStrictly Respectable, printed in Redbook, 1953. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter“The Girl Who Was Crazy About Jimmy Durante” in Woman’s Day, 1953. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterHold On Tight, published in Redbook, 1958. Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterKiller in the Club Car in This Week Magazine, 1954 Photograph: Museum of the City of New York
Share on Facebook Share on TwitterThere’s Death For Remembrance, for This Week magazine, 1953. Photograph: Astrid Cravens
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