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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Perhaps Florence Crabbe may not believe it, but it is true that when James Montgomery Flagg attended the Art Students' League during the '90s he was spoken of as "The Beautiful Youth," and with no sarcasm attached to it either. I must confess that when I looked at the cut in the March 21 issue of TIME I could hardly realize that he was the same Flagg who used to attract so much attention for his good looks, the Flagg with the straight, slender figure and the quiet manner touched with just a bit of blaze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 25, 1932 | 4/25/1932 | See Source »

...thanks and praise to Tutor Work and to educable Prince Asfa Wassan.-ED. Flagg Flayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

Sirs: If I ever looked upon a tough piece of earthenware; a cracked clay tankard, the handle of which is a huge flyswatter intended, presumably, to be an ear, it is the cut of James Montgomery Flagg in the March 21 issue of TIME. Flagg's mug appears as though it had been clawed by a lion, chewed by a bear and laugh-bitten by a hyena, and, if ever kissed, which I doubt, such a favor would be attempted only by a horsefly or a tarantula. This clay model visage looks like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...accepting a beauty contest judgeship from Syracuse University Artist Flagg declared: "All sorts of colleges every year do this to me . . . and I have had to gaze on some of the most god-awful female mugs in this broad tho' narrow land. . . ." -ED. Chaunk v. Chomp...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 11, 1932 | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

...Devereux Milburn, famed International poloist: the 37th annual Southern Cross Golf Tournament, at Aiken, S. C.; beating A. Allston Flagg in a 37-hole final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Apr. 4, 1932 | 4/4/1932 | See Source »

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