Neiman’s Will Welcome You With Open Arms When Your Gusher Finally Comes In
by Paula Bosse
New Yorker cartoon by Mischa Richter, 1956
by Paula Bosse
I came across this cartoon in — of all things — a historical journal, without a source. Google informs me that this was a cartoon by Mischa Richter, and that it appeared in the Oct. 27, 1956 issue of the New Yorker, one month before the release of the heavily-promoted epic movie “Giant.” You know Jett Rink was no stranger to N-M after his gusher came in.
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Cartoon from the TSHA journal Texas Historian, Nov. 1978, used as an illustration in the article “Neiman-Marcus: A Dream of Elegance” by Margaret Lucas.
Details on the New Yorker cartoon by Mischa Richter (and the possibility that the original artwork may be available for purchase from Condé Nast, if you are so inclined) can be found here.
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Copyright © 2015 Paula Bosse. All Rights Reserved.
Flashback : Dallas 
IT is a good time to get N AND M really is, once upon a time Dallas was very busy downtown….and then it lost its night gown and now it has horns on it brow, when is it going to come back…….
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