I had planned a post this morning on the art of Arnold Friberg, based on his own description of what he intended to do with those iconic Book of Mormon paintings — but the day just isn’t cooperating and I feel as scrambled as the the covers used on the 1963 issues of The Improvement Era: We’ve got paintings and photographs; portraits, buildings, and calendar art; antiquities and then-current events. If you can discern a pattern, please let me know!

Meanwhile, I’ll work on getting a pattern back in my day and post about the artwork tomorrow morning — the good Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise.

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January

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February
From a painting by Norman Rockwell

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March
Pioneer chapel, Granite, Utah
Watercolor by Ed Maryon, University of Utah

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April

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May

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June
A juniper in southern Utah

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July

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August
Jackson Lake, near the south entrance to Yellowstone National Park

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September

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October
Polynesian Cultural Center, Laie, Hawaii
Just prior to its dedication

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November
First Presidency: Hugh B. Brown, N. Eldon Tanner, David O. McKay

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December

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