Nell Blaine (photographer unknown), ca. the late 1950s. The image has been heavily airbrushed and highlighted with white retouching paint, a common practice in those days. (The “Pentagon” note in the upper-right corner may refer to the Pentagon Printing Co., one of many print service houses in the city in the postwar era.) Image from the Village Voice historical document collection
In the current season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Abe Weissman—protagonist Midge Maisel’s father—is greeted by the crabbily avuncular staff on his first day of work as a Village Voice theater critic. “Kennedy for President” posters are plastered throughout the
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