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Under more ordinary circumstances, the cover of the issue for February 13 and 20, 2017—our Anniversary Issue, marking ninety-two years—would feature some version of Rea Irvin’s classic image of the monocled dandy Eustace Tilley.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 3, 2017

For the convention, Mr. Schmitz secured one of the company’s NUT-mobiles, giant peanut-shaped vans that travel the country to help mark the monocled mascot’s centennial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 11, 2016

I visited one collector who had 30 monocled cobras, Gaboon vipers, and other venomous snakes in aquarium-like enclosures lining the walls of a converted bedroom.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2015

A monocled cobra, a West African spitting cobra and a timber rattlesnake were found at a home in Cresaptown, state Natural Resources Police said.

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2015

Withal, they were a clean-mouthed, clean-clad, clean-camped lot of gentlemen, each in his way, from the "Hello, pard!" of the cowboy to the frozen stare of the monocled dude from Broadway.

From History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition by Parker, John H. (John Henry)