Ford Times Finder

This page represents many hours of research reviewing hundreds of copies of Ford Times Magazines (and sister publication, Lincoln-Mercury Times) from 1948, through 1982. This date range encompasses Charley's entire career of contributions to Ford Times Magazine. During this period, Charley contributed illustrations for over 30 covers, 90 articles and numerous other features of the magazine. The Ford Times Finder references, by year and month, each of these contributions. We are pleased to offer this research for others to explore the prolific works of Charley Harper, many of them published nowhere else beyond this publication, and others which found their way into his more well known art. Enjoy!

The contributions of Bob Kaley to this work are gratefully acknowledged!

  JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC
1948 X X   X X X   X X X X R1
1949 A1,R2 A2, LMT1 X X X A3 R3 R4 X R5 X X
1950 X X X A4 X X X X R6 X X R8
1951 R9, LMT2 A5 LMT3 A6, C1 A7, R10 X X X LMT4 C2, A8 X X
1952 X C3, A8.1 A9, LMT5 X X X A10, C4 A11 A12 C5, A13 A14 A15
1953* A16 A17, C6 A18 A19, E1 A20, LMT6 A21 R11 X X X R12 X
1954 A22, LMT7 R13 M1, LMT8 D1 E2 A23, C7 X X C8, LMT9 X C9, A24 R14
1955 A25 X C10, A26 A27 A28 X LMT10 X C11, LMT11 X C12, A29 X
1956 A30 C13 A31 X A32 X X X A33 X A34 X
1957 A35 X X X X A36 C14 X X X A37, C15 X
1958 C16 X X X X M2 A38 X X X A39 X
1959 X X X C15.1, A39.1 X X A40 X A41 R15 C15.2,A42 X
1960 X X X A43 X X X X X X A44 A45
1961 X X X X X X A46, C17 A47 X A48 A49 X
1962 X X A50, C17.1 X X R16 A51, C17.2 X X X X X
1963 X A52 X A53 A54 A55,C18,R17 X X X X X X
1964 X X A56 X X X R17 C19, A57 X X X A58, C20
1965 X X A59 C21 X X X A60 X A60.1 X X
1966 X A61 X X X A61.1 X A62, C22 X X X X
1967 A63 C23 X X X X X X A64 X X X
1968 X X X X A65, C24 X X A66 X X X X
1969 X X X A67 A68 X A69 X X X X A70
1970 X X X X A71 X A72, C25 A73 X X X X
1971 X A74 A75, C26 M4 X A76 X X X X A77 X
1972 A78 A79, C27 X X A80 X A81 X A82 A83 X X
1973 A83.1 X X X A84, C28 X X X X A85 X A86
1974 X A86.1 X X X X X X X X X X
1975 X X X A87, C29 X X A88 M5 X X X X
1976 X X X X C30 X X X X X X X
1977 X X X X X X X X X X X X
1978 X X X A89, C31 X X X X X X X X
1979 X X X X X X X X X X X X
1980 X X X X X X X X X X X X
1981 X X X X X X X X X X X X
1982 X X X X X C32, A91 X X X X X X

Key

A = Article Illustration

C = Cover Illustration

D = Article Decorations

E= Edith Harper

R = Recipe Illustration
LMT= Lincoln-Mercury Times (entries in BLUE)
M = Miscellaneous Harper content

X = No Harper Content

 

Year

Month

 Cover

Type

Title

1948

Dec

  

R1

Gourmet, Cincinnati, Ohio
CHARLEY's FIRST FORD TIMES ISSUE

1949

Jan

  

A1,R2

Sheep Penning; Restaurant Continentale
Jan-Feb LMT1 Restaurant Continentale

Feb

  

A2

The Case of the Misplaced Muskeg

Jun

  

A3

State Park Sample :  Missouri

Jul

  

R3

The Spanish Inn, OH

Aug

  

R4

Valero's Italian Restaurant, Ohio

Oct

  

R5

Skyline Restaurant, Ohio
1950

Apr

  

A4

Ohio Roadside Parks
 

Sep

  

R6

General Lewis Hotel in Lewisburg, West Virginia

Dec

  

R8

Terrace Garden, Terrace Plaza Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio

1951

Jan

  

R9

Capps Coach House in Lexington, Kentucky
Jan-Feb   LMT2 Shenandoah Hotel

Feb

  

A5

Pacific Northwest - Two Views
Mar-Apr LMT3 Ashbourne Inn, KY

Apr

 1951-4

A6, C1

Cincinnati Pay Lakes

May

  

A7

The Hocking Parks

May

  

R10

Park View Inn, West Virginia
Sep-Oct LMT4 The Gun Room, OH

Oct

 FT 1951-10

C2

Hunter's Moon
 

A8

The Great Mine Fire

1952

Feb

 FT 1952-2

C3, A8.1

Renfro Valley

Mar

  

A9

Eight Familiar Fish: King Salmon, Large-mouthed
Black Bass, Crappie, Catfish, Muskellunge, Yellow Perch,
Rainbow Trout, Sunfish
Mar-Apr   LMT5 Home Runs

Jul

 FT 1952-7

A10, C4

Horseless Carriage Adventures
No.1: Grand Canyon;
No. 2 Niagara Falls

Aug

  

A11

Horseless Carriage Adventures
No. 3: White Sands National Monument;
No. 4: The National Capital

Sep

  

A12

Horseless Carriage Adventures
No. 5: Montezuma Castle;
No. 6: Lassen Peak

Oct

 FT 1952-10

A13, C5

The Horseless Carriage Adventures
No 7: Wawona Tree; 
No 8: Brooklyn Bridge

Nov

  

A14

Horseless Carriage Adventures #9 & 10

Dec

  

A15

Horseless Carriage Adventures #11 & 12

1953

Jan

  

A16

Horseless Carriage Adventures
No. 13: Rolling the Roads
No. 14: Lookout Mountain

Feb

 FT-1953-2

A17, C6

Horseless Carriage Adventures 15 & 16,
How to Fish a Hydro Dam

Mar

  

A18

Horseless Carriage Adventures
No. 17: The Alamo
No. 18: Mammoth Cave

Apr

  

A19

Horseless Carriage Adventures
No. 19: Natural Bridge, Virginia
No.20: Crown Point, Washington

Apr

  

E1

Corner Cupboard in Nashville, Indiana
(painting by Edith Harper)
May-Jun LMT Cover LMT6
 Cover: Saratoga Springs.
Sketch by Edie Harper inside cover

May

  

A20

Horseless Carriage Adventures
No. 21: Pike's Peak;
No. 22 World's Health & Pleasure Resort (Atlantic City)

Jun

  

A21

Horseless Carriage Adventures
No. 23: Louisiana Purchase Exposition;
No. 24: Old Faithful

Jul

  

R11

Mecklenburg's Garden, OH

Nov

  

R12

The West Virginian, Bluefield, WV
1953* Special Edition   Rolling the Roads

1954

Jan

  

A22

Pocahontas Drive-in
Jan-Feb   LMT7 Sketches: Stuff Tourists Buy

Feb

  

R13

Frederick Hotel, Huntington, WV
Mar   M1 sketches on page 52.
Mar-Apr LMT8 Sketches: Tourist Trappers; Bermuda Kitchens
Apr   D1 Jaywalking
May   E2 Art by Edie Harper on page 37.

Jun

 FT 1954-6

A23, C7

They Make Mountain Music

Sep

 ft 1954-9

C8

Autumn-mobile
Sep-Oct LMT9 The Buggy's Last Stand

Nov

 FT 1954-11

C9, A24

Feeding Station Birds

Dec

  

R14

O'Day's Place, Clarksburg, West Virginia

1955

Jan

  

A25

The World's Longest Midway

Mar

 ft 1955-3

C10, A26

Man's Front Lawn Friend

Apr

  

A27

How to Attack the Ramp

May

  

A28

The Bird that Flies Underwater
Jul-Aug LMT10 Cincinnati's New Public Library

Sep

 ft 1955-9

C11

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sep-Oct LM Times LMT11 Cover: Eight Sporting Dogs

Nov

 ft 1955-11

C12, A29

A Farewell to Wings

1956

Jan

  

A30

Skiing below the Mason-Dixon

Feb

 FT 1956-2

C13

Florida Tourist

Mar

  

A31

Battlefield Tour in Virginia

May

  

A32

Mr. Kirtland's Special Warbler

Sep

  

A33

Soft-Shell in Hinton

Nov

  

A34

Ten Western Birds

1957

Jan

  

A35

Richwood, West Virginia

Jun

  

A36

The Singin' Gatherin'

Jul

 FT 1957-7

C14

Bald Eagle with Stars & Stripes

Nov

 ft 1957-11

A37, C15

America's Vanishing Birds

1958

Jan

 FT 1958-1

C16

Mimbres Pottery Caricatures
Jun   M2 Map and "decorations" by Charley on pp. 30-31

Jul

  

A38

Hillbilly Homecoming

Nov

  

A39

Ten Southern Birds

1959

Apr

 FT-1959-4

C15.1, A39.1

Ladybirds - Lore and Legend

 

Jul

  

A40

Alaska's Friendly Ghost Town

Sep

  

A41

The Mountain State Forest Festival

Oct

  

R15

Beallview Inn, near Warsaw Kentucky

Nov

 FT nov59

C15.2, A42

Prefab Homes (cover), American Bird Architects

1960

Apr

  

A43

Rhythm and Trout Flies

Nov

  

A44

American Bird Census

Dec

  

A45

Chief Logan's Mighty Elm

1961

Jul

 ft 1961-7

A46, C17

Wagon Train East

Aug

  

A47

The Big Ear

Oct

  

A48

Visit the Atlantic Coast

Nov

  

A49

Don't Gainsay the Bluejay

1962

Mar

 ft 1962-3

A50, C17.1

Fly a Kite with the Champion

Jun

  

R16

Saltwater Farm Pier, Damariscotta, Maine

Jul

 FT 1962-7

A51, C17.2

Low Gear on the High Road

1963

Feb

  

A52

How to Catch a Dinosaur

Apr

  

A53

Bird with a Split Personality

May

  

A54

Two Weeks Before the Mast

Jun

 ft 1863-6

A55,C18

West Virginia's Vertical Vacationland

Jun

  

R17

Faraway Hills Country Inn, WV

1964

Mar

  

A56

When the Buzzards Come Back to Hinkley

Jul

  

R17

Aurora Inn, Lake Cayuga, New York

Aug

 FT 1964-8

C19, A57

Finger Lakes Vacationland

Dec

  

A58

The Bird of Many Talents

Dec

 FT 1964-12

C20

Traditional Christmas, Stained Glass

1965

Mar

  

A59

Twenty Dudes in the Wilderness

Apr

 ft 1965-4

C21

Land of the Voyageurs

Aug

  

A60

How to Look at a Cornfield

Oct

  

A60.1

Apple Butter Days

1966

Feb

  

A61

Bulldozer in Fur
Jun   A61.1 Glass Blowers on View

Aug

 ft 1966-8

A62, C22

The Salty Heritage of Gloucester

1967

Jan

  

A63

Philadelphia's Exciting Museum

Feb

 ft 1967-2

C23

Skiing at Crystal Mountain

Sep

  

A64

Join the Pancake Party

1968

May

 ft 1968-5

A65, C24

Canoeing on the Cumberland

Aug

  

A66

The Roaring Grand

1969

Apr

  

A67

 The Mountain that has Everything

May

  

A68

The World's Weirdest Water Bird

Jul

  

A69

The Canyon that Time Forgot

Dec

  

A70

Fashions in Fir

1970

May

  

A71

Flying Carpet in Fins

Jul

 ft 1970-7

A72, C25

 The Eagle

Aug

  

A73

The Fisher Fights Back

1971

Feb

  

A74

Birdwatcherwatching

Mar

 ft 1971-3

A75, C26

When It's Crappie Time Down South
Apr   M4 art by Charley on p. 62

Jun

  

A76

The Wild Goose…A Fighting Bird

Nov

  

A77

Good Time Charley of the Wilds

1972

Jan

  

A78

Mermaid with Whiskers

Feb

 FT 1972-2

A79, C27

Bird with the Built-in Drum

May

  

A80

Michigan's Miraculous Morel

Jul

  

A81

A Ride on the Wild Side

Sep

  

A82

Mr. Badger's Not Such a Bad Guy After All

Oct

  

A83

It's Jack-O-Llantern Time Again

1973

Jan

  

A83.1

Meet the Whiskey Jack

May

 FT 1973-5

A84, C28

Bungalows for Bluebirds

Oct

  

A85

Whimsical is the Woodcock

Dec

  

A86

Some of My Best Friends are Red Squirrels

1974

Feb

  

A86.1

Mischief Maker of the Woods

1975

Apr

 ft 1975-4

A87, C29

Our Neighbor the Raccoon

Jul

  

A88

Dragons of the Sky
  Aug   M5 letter to the editor praising Charley on p. 64

1976

May

 FT 1976-5

C30

Cincinnati Riverfront (Cardinals Consorting),

photo of Charley on p. 36

1978

Apr

 ft 1978-4

A89, C31

Will the Kirtland's Warbler Return?

1982

Jun

 FT 1982-6

C32, A91

Feathered Freeloader
CHARLEY'S LAST FORD TIMES ISSUE

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