View Related Episode: Ceramicist Lee Kitzman, Deborah Horrell, Illustrator Dick Wiley

After creating propaganda posters during World War II and working for Portland companies White Stag and Pendleton, illustrator Dick Wiley became one of the last illustrators of the old Dick and Jane readers. Millions of youngsters learned how to read thanks to the artwork of Dick Wiley, who is now retired.

First Broadcast: 2009
Producer: KC Cowan
Videographer: Greg Bond
Videographer: Nicholas Fisher

Appeared in episode: Ceramicist Lee Kitzman, Deborah Horrell, Illustrator Dick Wiley


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