Handyman Magazine's "400 Quick Answers"
Here's a find I'm really amazed by, for a few reasons. First, the illustrations here are prime, superb examples of the cartoon style that was prevalent in so many publications in mid-century America. When I find visual flotsam like this - done for a humble home improvement manual - 50 years after the fact, I can't help but long for a time-machine to escape the ugly dreariness of modern life. Second, this is of such remarkable quality I was astonished to discover - well, not discover - that it doesn't seem to have been scanned and uploaded elsewhere online, nor do I have any indication of who the artist might have been.
There are dozens of functional diagrams and illos like the one to the left, but the chapter headings below are the real gold here. The book has a copyright of 1955, and was art directed by a Franc L. Roggeri, whose only other credit seems to have been Galaxy Magazine Science Fiction. If anyone has any more info about the illustrator here, or Roggeri, please comment.
