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The first issue of the iconic Time Magazine- March 3rd, 1923 During my research of Walter D. Teague, I have read that he designed the first cover of Time magazine (1923) with the decorative border.   The border does look like Teague's work, although it is not as elaborate. See example of Teague's work below for the Japan Paper Company in 1913: Advertisement for Japan Paper Company 1913 by Walter Dorwin Teague   However, I was doubtful, and was looking for more evidence than just a rumor. My doubt was confirmed when I met Aric Mayer who formerly worked at Time who connected with someone who contacted Bill Hooper of the Time Archives.  And here's what he found: "The art director, who came up with the design/format of TIME’s first cover, actually worked for J. Walter Thompson.  Here’s an excerpt from an article that ran in the December 1971 issue of TIME/PIECES (“An Occasional Journal About TIME and Its Staff”):      ...

The Walter D. Teague documentary is moving right along!  My last update was in October of 2012 and much has been accomplished since then. Writing and Story Structure Through October, November and December was focused work on writing the script.   In the midst of this process I was alerted to a new discovery. Grandson, Walter D. Teague III, just found and digitized 35 personal letters written by WDT Sr. dating from 1917 to 1942! Most were written to his wife Cecil about his time in a small community in Woodstock, NY where he concentrated on his illustration projects.   With this new information and after many weeks of continuous writing, multiple revisions and reviews, I completed a finished script in December 2012. Visual Evidence With the script in place, I then created a master list of all of the visual evidence that would be needed to communicate his story.  For a 90 minute film, this means about 1300 images and clips of video....