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'''Paul Martin''' (June 6, 1883 – March 19, 1932)<ref>Register of Deaths for the Village of Ossining, {{abbr|N.Y.|New York}}<!--Middle name (unused): Crowell--> He was hospitalized from March 12 to 19. He lived in the hamlet of Millwood. Census of 1930. Home address. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3063405&view=1up&seq=698 Birthdate]. ''American Art Annual'', 1928 p. 654.</ref> was an American [[commercial art]]ist and [[illustrator]]. He designed the world's largest sign in 1917.<ref>[https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A72903 "Wrigley's Gum"]. Archived version: [https://web.archive.org/web/20220825182735/https://dcmny.org/islandora/object/photosnycbeyond:48631 1]. [[New-York Historical Society]]. Photo taken by William D. Hassler (1877–1921). ''Electrical Record'', Jul 1917 [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2533133&seq=80 p. 54] ("largest"). Details and pictures are at {{abbr|refs.|references}} 38, 158–165.</ref> It towered over [[Times Square]] until 1924. He drew a poster supporting the ongoing [[war effort]] in 1918.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951000735431u&seq=104 "Poster Stamp"]. ''American Lawn Tennis'', Jun 15, 1918 p. 88. Three versions. A regular postage stamp cost three cents back then. Artist signed (near ankle).</ref> His artwork appeared on twenty covers of ''[[Collier's]]'' between 1923 and 1927. He won ''[[Parents (magazine)|Parents' Magazine]]''{{'s}} "[[Person of the Year|Cover of the Year]]" award for three straight years, 1928–30.<ref>''Parents' Magazine'', Oct 1951 (cover).<!--It was titled as such in 1951.--> 25th anniversary issue.</ref> He reshaped the then-famous mascot of [[Fisk Rubber Company|Fisk Tires]] in 1930.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_saturday-evening-post_1930-03-08_202_36/page/76/mode/2up "Snappy"]. ''The Saturday Evening Post'', Mar 8, 1930 p. 76. Artist signed. It was publicly introduced in the issue of Feb 8, 1930. Not signed. [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090780200&view=1up&seq=571 "8th{{nbsp}}Flash"]. ''Automobile Topics'', Dec 16, 1916 p. 547. The original (wearing a sleeper).</ref> This new character appeared in thirteen issues of ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'', 1930. Martin created the official poster for the [[Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scouts]] in 1931. It was displayed at their troop meetings from 1931 to 37.<ref>This poster was pictured and sold in every Girl Scout Equipment catalog from [https://archive.org/details/gscatalogs-1931F/1931F-25.jpg Fall 1931] to [https://archive.org/details/gscatalogs-1936F/1936F-33.jpg Fall 1936]. It was replaced with the 25th anniversary poster in 1937. Excerpt from all Spring and Fall issues, 1935–36 p. 33 or 38: "Used by many troops at the group meeting place on a bulletin board." [https://archive.org/details/gscatalogs-1932F Usefulness1]. Fall 1932. [https://archive.org/details/gscatalogs-1933S Usefulness2]. Spring 1933. Artist signed (light; near left elbow).</ref>
He played in sanctioned [[tennis]] tournaments around the [[New York metropolitan area]] from 1909 to 31.<ref name="straight">[[United States Lawn Tennis Association|USLTA]] sanctioned. This span includes all of the in-between years. It's backed up internally (within this article). ''Bronxville Press'', Aug 16, 1932 p. 4 – news.hrvh.org. He was a tennis enthusiast. It kept him from becoming {{soft hyphen|over|whelmed}} with work and from reaching higher artistic heights.</ref> This included the [[US Open (tennis)|U.S. National Championships]] (now US Open) of 1920–[[1921 U.S. National Championships – Men's singles|21]], 24.<ref>He was then 37, 38, and 41 years old. ''Tennis Observed'' by [[Bill Talbert]], 1967 pp. 98–99, 102. Men's singles (location): [[Forest Hills, Queens|Forest Hills]], 1920 & 24. [[Germantown Cricket Club]], Philadelphia, 1921.</ref> The Paul Martin singles tournament was held for
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