[Cover proposal for Fortune magazine showing telephone lines spanning the globe] – Antique Print
![[Cover proposal for Fortune magazine showing telephone lines spanning the globe], [between 1930 and 1940] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4d/4ddfe5a39ea7-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of [Cover proposal for Fortune magazine showing telephone lines spanning the globe]. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Cover proposal for Fortune magazine showing telephone lines spanning the globe]
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This is a color proposal drawn for a Fortune magazine cover, with telephone lines strung across a world map. The drawing was made on black paper with graphite, pastel, ink, and gouache, so the lines and colors glow against the dark ground. Fortune, launched by Henry Luce in 1930, was known for lavish design and commissioned work from leading artists, and cover proposals like this one show how editors pitched the magazine's modern, international outlook. The title was supplied by Library of Congress staff, which suggests the drawing was not labeled with one by its maker. Its subject, the spread of long-distance communication during the 1930s, reflects a decade when transoceanic telephone service was becoming part of everyday business.
| Created / published | [between 1930 and 1940] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on black paper : graphite, pastel, ink, and gouache, color. |
| Genre | Magazine covers 1930-1940.Drawings Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. |
| Subjects | Telephone lines--1930-1940. Communication--1930-1940. Maps--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,137 × 1,467 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219323 |
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