Original August 1948 issue of Ladies' Home Journal, published by The Curtis Publishing Company.
This is a complete 170-page issue with all pages present.
An excellent example of a large postwar American women's magazine, filled with period illustration, fiction, fashion, home and decorating features and extensive 1940s advertising.
Featured material includes The Century of Women's Progress, an Edouard Manet feature, American home and lifestyle articles, Elizabeth Dunn's Dr. Collis' Daughter, Miriam C. Eberhart's Another Woman's House and numerous additional stories and features.
Advertising throughout includes major American brands of the period, with documented examples from Chevrolet, U.S. Steel, Nescafé, 7-Up, Camay, Lux, Lipton Tea and Kleenex.
DATE
August 1948
PUBLICATION
Ladies' Home Journal
PUBLISHER
The Curtis Publishing Company
PAGE COUNT
170 pages.
CONDITION
Complete with all pages present.
Vintage condition with visible age-related wear. The covers show foxing and spotting, edge and corner wear, spine wear and an old mailing label. Interior pages show normal age toning and occasional age-related wear.
The magazine remains together and presents well for a 78-year-old original publication.
Please examine all photographs carefully as they are an important part of the condition description.
A substantial original 1948 magazine particularly appealing for collectors of vintage advertising, women's history, mid-century illustration, postwar American culture and original magazine ephemera.