I noticed yesterday that my blog list had reached a milestone of 500 posts. That’s a lot of entries into the vast internet universe and a lot of information about mid-century magazines. Not bad for an on-again off-again blog that I have been known to neglect for months at a time.
The purpose of the blog is to feature content from mid-century women’s magazines. From the 500 posts, I’ve shared an assortment of content showing articles, ads, illustrations, and short stories found in my collection of women’s magazines published from 1946 to 1964.
My top goal is to respect the work of the writers, illustrators, photographers, models, and editors who filled the pages of the magazines. Where possible, I try to attribute the original source of the content I am sharing. This helps their work live on. Books are meant to be kept, but magazines are meant to be discarded. Because of this, I appreciate the folks who saved these magazines through the decades and the sellers who put them for sale on ebay for people like me buy, enjoy, and share.
My most popular post comes from the March 1959 edition of Cosmo magazine. It tells the story of the 1953 murder of a man whose wife was part of a wife-swapping group. The true crime story is a fascinating read and one of my favorite articles found in my collection of early 1950’s magazines.
Check it out here.
My favorite posts include illustrations from short stories published as a serial, or a single story. Being an illustrator for a magazine was a lucrative career in the mid twentieth century. If you had the talent, you were blessed with jobs and a bit of fame as your work is admired by magazine readers.
This post tells a bit about a few of the popular illustrators and links to postings that tells more about their work.
Babies and kids were big business during the baby boomer years in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Household magazines included advice to parents through its articles and ads. Here’s one of my favorite kid-related posts.
Of course a women’s magazine would not be complete without lots of fashion. Believe me. They knew how to do fashion in the 50’s and 60’s. Here a favorite fashion posting from May 2021. This girl has 50’s fashion covered with her Hat, Gloves, Petticoat, Broach, and Handbag.
For those of us who live in the 21st century, we tend to think about the mid-century as a time for home and furniture design. Here’s a kitchen I fell in love with from 1963.
We can’t leave the topic of the 1950’s and 1960’s without a look at brands that advertised heavily on TV and in print. Here’s a favorite of mine from RC Cola.
While we’re on the subject of soda, here’s a Coke ad and an Pepsi ad.
That’s it for now. Tomorrow we’ll return our attention to mid-century Bras and Girdles.
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