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A busy day on Main Street USA. Mother and babies stroll by street vendors as residents peer down from windows above. A bustling scene by Beatrice Tobias drawn for the November 18, 1939 cover of New Yorker Magazine.The covers of The New Yorker have entertained and enlightened the magazine’s readers for nearly a century. With unmatched visual sophistication and wit, they let no subject escape their scrutiny. A roster of extraordinary artists continues to create indelible images that are infinitely varied in style and tone, whether whimsical, provocative, serene, or lough-out-loud funny. From the iconic Eustace Tilley to spot-on images of contemporary life, The New Yorker’s covers are always the talk of the town.