Sepia Saturday 248: 4 October 2014
Marilyn aka Little Nell from Sepia Saturday says: The 4th October is the date in 1941 that Norman Rockwell launched a series of Saturday Evening Post covers depicting Willie Gillis. Rockwell described Gillis as “an inoffensive ordinary little guy thrown into the chaos of war”. Willie made his debut carrying a food parcel and suddenly everyone wanted to be his friend. No chaos here this week; Alan is on holiday and I’m reasonably organised. All you have to do is choose a theme suggested by the prompt picture: the little guy, parcel from home, food package , followers, magazine covers or whatever else you see. Post your own old images, sometime around Saturday 4th October, with a link back to Sepia Saturday. I seem to be finding it increasingly difficult to match the Sepia Saturday prompts of late, so I do apologise for my absence. Gladys and Cecil Maloney with small girl carrying basket of flowers on board ship c. 1960s Okay, so this is a picture of Gladys and C...