Walt Reed Illustration Archive

Artstor has the Walt Reed illustration Archive online here. Reed was the author of The Illustrator in America and the founder of The Illustration House. This collection consists of over 200,000 magazine tear sheets depicting works by American illustrators from the late 19th century well into the mid 20th century. Posted below are a few samples I found from just a few minutes browsing.

Unknown artist.

N.C. Wyeth

Coby Whitmore

Arthur Sarnoff

Rockwell Kent

D is for Dog

Just Dogs, 1932.

Adventure Comics #214, July 1955. Cover art by Curt Swan.

Batman #92, June 1955. Cover by Win Mortimer.

Four Color #476, June 1953.

Rex the Wonder Dog #6, Nov-Dec 1952. Cover art by Gil Kane.

Rescuing the Dog, by Arthur Sarnoff.

Arthur Sarnoff

A few preliminaries by Arthur Sarnoff.

The Predicament

Oh look, another awesome painting by Arthur Sarnoff. This one is from 1955.

Mother's Day!

Mother's Day posters by Arthur Sarnoff, no date.

Pretty Girls

Paintings of pretty girls by Arthur Sarnoff.



Framed, no date.




Story illustration, no date.




Hanging Laundry, no date.

Happy Valentiine's Day!

Super DC Giant #17, October 1970. Cover by Nick Cardy.




War Time Romances #1, 1951.




Superman Valentine's Card, 1940.




Romance illustration, Arthur Sarnoff, n.d.




St.Valentine's Day Massacre, Edmund F. Ward, n.d.




Famous Funnies #163, February 1948.

Party TIme!

Here's some art to get you in a party mood for New Years...




Record Party, Magnavox Corporation Ad, c.1948.




Teenage Party, Coca-Cola Ad by Harry Anderson, 1958.




The Party by Arthur Sarnoff, no date.




Mickey Mouse Sheet Music, c1932.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Ace Comics #33, December 1939.




Cover for Saturday Magazine, November 22, 1913. Unknown artist.




Comic Cavalcade #18, December 1946.




Thanksgiving illustration by Arthur Sarnoff, no date.

Gothic Romance Covers

I've been enjoying the blog Women Running From Houses. So here's some gothic romance art:




Art by Geoffrey Biggs for Wuthering Heights, Classics Illustrated #59, 1949.




Wuthering Heights paperback cover art by Robert McGinnis.




Cover art by Arthur Sarnoff for unknown romance book.




The Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love #3, February 1972. Cover art by Jeff Jones.




Cover for The Silent Place by Rachel Cosgrove Payes, 1969. Art by George Gross.




Cover for Besides, the Wench is Dead by Margaret Erskine. Art by Harry Barton.




Another cover by Harry Barton.




Cover art for The Winds of Night by Anne Maybury, 1963. Unknown artist.

Sarnoff Summer!

Now that the Countdown to Halloween is over, here's a few summery images from Arthur Sarnoff for a change of pace:

Two From Sarnoff

Today is Tuesday, and that is as good an excuse as any to post a couple beauties by Arthur Sarnoff.

Aruthur Sarnoff Pin-Ups

I've mentioned Arthur Sarnoff a few times here before. Here's some pinup art by him: