I’m not sure exactly what’s going on here, but this duo appeared on the cover of QST 100 years ago, November 1925. The elder op looks like Lionel Barrymore, but he wasn’t that old at the time.

The artist is Clyde Darr, 8ZZ, later W8ZZ.  He was a prolific QST illustrator, and also served as ARRL division director.  He died in 1929 at the age of 50.