Above is a cover for Russell Gage’s 1963 sleaze novel Immoral Lady. Basically, you have another tale of an ambitious New Yorker who pursues success with all the numerous tools in her box, including, apparently, her asscrack. Butt if you’ve got it flaunt it, we say. The main character Robin Tracy’s immoral acts escalate, until she loses all sense of propriety and shame. Midwood later re-issued this as No Price Too High, with considerably less interesting cover art. Speaking of which, this work is often attributed to Paul Rader, and it looks a lot like his work, but Rader himself laid no claim to it, so the artist here is technically unknown. As a side note, this reminds us of another bold fashion statement we shared some years back. We can only hope this actually comes into style one day.
1901—McKinley Fatally Shot
Polish-born anarchist Leon Czolgosz shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley dies September 12, and Czolgosz is later executed.