Jacobs, Elmer (May 9, 1900 - 19??)

Elmer Jacobs (May 9, 1900 - 19xx) was an American painter and draftsman. Born in Streator, Illinois, Jacobs was a largely self-taught artist. Jacobs worked for himself as a free-lance artist and his most well known clients included Rand McNally and Company, the Chicago Tribune, John Morrell and Company, and R.R. Donnelly and Sons. He illustrated the award winning Phoenix Flame from 1940 until 1952. The Phoenix Flame had been an in-house publication for the Phoenix Metal Cap Company until it was turned into a promotional magazine. He also created work for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the American Bible Society, and Caterpillar Tractor. He produced beautiful covers for the Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine of Books.