Back when I was in my mid-teens we actually had a pin-up calendar in our house. My dad brought it home and pinned it on the wall. Amazingly, my somewhat prudish mother didn’t object. She thought it was CUTE.
The artist who created the calendar was Duane Bryers, a specialist in art of the American West. He typically painted scenes such as this landscape which he titled the Day Before Big Bend.
Or this one called Crack of Dawn ,
The subject of his hugely popular calendars was a girl who was somewhat large herself. Her name was Hilda.
I came across this picture a couple days ago and it brought a chuckle with it and some really happy memories of home.
As far as I could determine on-line, Mr Bryers is still alive, although he must be at least ten years older than dirt. His Hilda calendars were done between 1957 and 1970.
If you’d like to see more of Hilda, click Here and here too.
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