A well-known children's magazine from the first half of the twentieth century, with some striking and wonderful covers and interior art. They emphasized heavily contrasting colors and silhouetting. A 1990 article by Martin Gardner discusses its history. The University of Pittsburgh has some additional images online, as does Flickr user katinthecupboard.

For a short biography of publisher Morgan von Roorbach Shepard (aka "John Martin") see the Red Cross Knight Blog. Shepard's career ranged from a partnership with San Francisco fine book publisher Paul Elder to director of juvenile programming at NBC (for a very short time). Another, slightly different, view of Shepard on the Paul Elder website, and yet another at Wikipedia. Shepard's extremely rare 1905 postcards shown in the newsletter of the SF Bay Area's PC Collector's Club (page 9 ff; note: PDF).

Here's a discussion of the work of George Carlson, one of the artistic stalwarts of the magazine. Artist Johnny Gruelle became famous for Raggedy Ann, but appeared regularly in this magazine.
  • John Martin's Book 1920-02 3050 visits John Martin's Book 1920-02
  • John Martin's Book 1920-03 3919 visits John Martin's Book 1920-03
  • John Martin's Book 1920-05 2860 visits John Martin's Book 1920-05
  • John Martin's Book 1920-07 2534 visits John Martin's Book 1920-07
  • John Martin's Book 1921-01 2552 visits John Martin's Book 1921-01
  • John Martin's Book 1921-09 2519 visits John Martin's Book 1921-09
  • John Martin's Book 1921-12 2341 visits John Martin's Book 1921-12
  • John Martin's Book 1923-01 2584 visits John Martin's Book 1923-01
  • John Martin's Book 1923-02 4237 visits John Martin's Book 1923-02
  • John Martin's Book 1923-03 2533 visits John Martin's Book 1923-03
  • John Martin's Book 1923-04 2271 visits John Martin's Book 1923-04
  • John Martin's Book 1923-05 2284 visits John Martin's Book 1923-05
  • John Martin's Book 1923-06 3282 visits John Martin's Book 1923-06
  • John Martin's Book 1923-07 2599 visits John Martin's Book 1923-07
  • John Martin's Book 1923-08 2796 visits John Martin's Book 1923-08
  • John Martin's Book 1923-09 2590 visits John Martin's Book 1923-09
  • John Martin's Book 1923-12 2974 visits John Martin's Book 1923-12
  • John Martin's Book 1925-10 2522 visits John Martin's Book 1925-10
  • John Martin's Book 1926-01 1175 visits John Martin's Book 1926-01
  • John Martin's Book 1926-09 1198 visits John Martin's Book 1926-09
  • John Martin's Book 1928-04 2168 visits John Martin's Book 1928-04
  • John Martin's Book 1929-10 2623 visits John Martin's Book 1929-10
Powered by Piwigo