Picture of the day A previously unpublished illustration intended for the Saturday Evening Post’s 1943 New Year’s edition. It was never used due to publisher demands that the illustrator, J.C. Leyendecker, create a more optimistic and patriotic cover that was sensitive to the families of American soldiers. It was publicly shown for the first time in 2020 as part of an auction. #ImageOfTheDay

<div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><table class="toccolours floatright" style="width:300px;text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th lang="en">Picture of the day </th></tr> <tr> <td class="toccolours" style="padding:0"><span><a href="Saturday_Evening_Post_1943_Unpublished_(Leyendecker).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/picture-of-the-daya-previously-unpublished-illustration-intended-for-the-saturday-evening-posts-1943-new-years-edition-it-was-never-used-due-to-publisher-demands-that-the-illustrator-j-c.jpg" width="300" height="373" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2360" data-file-height="2937"></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="description en">A previously unpublished illustration intended for the Saturday Evening Post's 1943 New Year's edition. It was never used due to publisher demands that the illustrator, J.C. Leyendecker, create a more optimistic and patriotic cover that was sensitive to the families of American soldiers. It was publicly shown for the first time in 2020 as part of an auction.</div> </td></tr></tbody></table></div>