“The Gay Picknickers” (Among Us Mortals, 8/3/1952)
by W.E. (William Ely) Hill (1887-1962)
26 x 19 in., ink on board
Coppola Collection

W.E. (William Ely) Hill (1887-1962) was known for his masterful black and white Sunday page, “Among Us Mortals,” sometimes referred to as the Hill Page. Please see the Gallery description for more about Hill.

In this August 3, 1952 edition, titled “The Gay Picknickers”

“Meet the girl who always loses an earring or a pin at a picnic. This time it’s a little oak leaf pin with a seed pearl in the center, which she values for ‘sentimental reasons.’ Has all the male picnickers hunting in the grass. (Tomorrow she’ll find it in her apartment.)”