That Old Gang of Mine

This cover, from 1923, resembles a motion picture lobby card in the way it is compartmentalized. I like how artist Malcolm Perret filled the lower left corner with an Art Deco swash for the dapper fellow to stand on. Also notice the drawing of the card game-- even though Prohibition was in full effect, the Old Gang appears to be drinking some bootleg booze.

And speaking of dapper guys, gotta love those "Beau Brummels of Song Land"!

All the names written on this cover suggest it was passed around a lot.

 

Rose McDowell

Printed: Superior Finish, Brumfield, Ouray, Colo.

Rose M. McDowell was born in 1880. Her first husband, Hugh Carney, was a miner in Ouray, Colorado. His fate is unknown. Husband number 2, Demmit Miller, died as a result of drinking bad booze at party in Denver during Prohibition or so the story goes. Husband number 3 was Harry Nash, a coal or oil company executive, they say.

Details on her life are rather sketchy. They say she had some association with Mamie Eisenhower's father, John Sheldon Doud. She died in 1951 and is buried in Centralia, Washington.