American Decades
"Yellow Men of Mars"
Illustrations
By: J. Allen St. John
Date: August 1941
Source: St. John, J. Allen. "Yellow Men of Mars" illustrations. In Amazing Stories 15, no. 8, August 1941, front cover and page 6. Reproduced in "Life on Mars." Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries, Virginia Technological University. Available online at http://spec.lib.vt.edu/lifemars/lmarsdir1.htm; website home page: http://spec.lib.vt.edu (accessed April 20, 2003).
About the Artist: James Allen St. John (1872–1957) developed his artistic talents under the influence of his mother, Susan Hely St. John. He provided drawings for books, including The Works of Mark Twain (1899), but it was St. John's artwork for the adventure stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs that gained him the most attention. Over two...
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1940's Lifestyles and Social Trends Primary Sources
- "I'd Rather Not Be on Relief"
- Letter to Jesse O. Thomas
- "Yellow Men of Mars"
- "Jenny on the Job—Steps ahead with Low Heels"
- "Lead Kindly Light"
- Betty Grable Bathing Suit Pinup
- World War II Ration Stamp Books
- Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Woman of the Year
- A Guide for All-American Girls
- The Case of the Black-Eyed Blonde
- Wartime Conservation Posters
- The Fountainhead
- Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944
- "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region"
- Levittown, New York
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
