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James Bingham
(1917 - 1971)

A naval officer in WW2; also worked as an AAF animator. Provided art for Perry Mason and the revival of the Tugboat Annie stories for Saturday Evening Post (also did a Post cover); other slick work for Argosy, Good Housekeeping, Esquire. Few artists, before or since, worked on so many advertising series; Bingham's many accounts included The Airlines of the United States (keeping the idea of this travel mode alive during WW2), Association of Railroads (ditto), Maxwell House, Gulf Oil, Cannon Towels, Caterpillar Tractor, Philadelphia Whisky, Alcoa Steamship Company, Champion Spark Plugs, U S Steel.

Good Housekeeping, "Claudia" (1945) Bingham - 001A

Saturday Evening Post, "The Case of the Fugitive Nurse" (1953) Bingham - 001

Cadillac, "Imprint Of Cadillac Power!" (1943) Bingham - 003

Cadillac, "Cannon On A Rampage..." (1943) Bingham - 004

Corby's Whiskey, "Prying into the Secrets of the Deep" (1950) Bingham - 005

Argosy, "The Invention" (1954) Bingham - 006

American Export, "The Magna Charta" (1943, 1944) Bingham - 007

Caterpillar, "Spring Again" (1945) Bingham - 008

Champion, "G I Joe - Spark Plug Of The Armed Forces" (1944) Bingham - 009

Cannon Towels, "Tank Corps" (1944) Bingham - 010
NOTE: The girl art in this series appears to be by Fritz Willis

Cannon Towels, "Buna Bathtub" (1944) Bingham - 011
NOTE: The girl art in this series appears to be by Fritz Willis

Cannon Towels, "Hey, Turn Off The Water, Jumbo!" (1944) Bingham - 012
NOTE: The girl art in this series appears to be by Fritz Willis

Philadelphia Whisky (1944) Bingham - 013

Philadelphia Whisky (1945) Bingham - 014

Philadelphia Whisky (1944) Bingham - 015

Philadelphia Whisky (1944) Bingham - 016

Philadelphia Whisky (1945) Bingham - 017

Association of American Railroads, "All The Comforts Of Roam" (1944) Bingham - 018

Association of American Railroads, "High Iron" (1945) Bingham - 019

Association of American Railroads, "Train Of Thought For The Future" (1944) Bingham - 020