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The ‘Mad Man’ of 50s New York: Illustrator, McCauley ‘Mac’ Conner

McCauley ‘Mac’ Conner, described as the real Mad Man of 1950s Manhattan, now 101 years old and still lives in his Fifth Avenue apartment. He moved to Manhattan in 1950 and became a successful illustrator working on the major advertising campaigns of the day. Indeed he was so successful that he set up a creative agency representing illustrators. The New York Times observed: ‘Mr Conner and other commercial artists helped