1949-1950-1951 Holiday LARGE FORMAT Vintage Magazines Buyer's Choice

Description: BUYER's CHOICE of these Various VINTAGE HOLIDAY Magazines for years: 1949, 1950, 1951. Each priced individually with condition and content in mind. The period covered by these magazines reflects the early post-WWII years and speaks to European damage and the genesis of its recovery, the comfort and safety of Home-Town-USA, the ambition of the automobile industry for a prosperous future, the enjoyable pastimes provided by The Louisville Slugger and the Kentucky Derby, and the aspiration of taking relaxing vacations in mountain and seaside resorts. These magazines illustrate the bridge between War/Deprivation, and the thriving US economy yet to be brought into fulfillment. Each magazine is a snippet of time and place. 1949 February VOL 5 No 2, 134pp Featuring WEST INDIES. Additional articles: THE GREATER ANTILLES OF THE WEST INDIES: They export rum, import tourists. ALGIERS: Little Paris lost its zip when the Allies and les intellectuels went home. HEALTH IS ITS BUSINESS: Rochester, Minnesota, pivots round the Mayo Clinic. WASHINGTON WHIRLIGIG: On the trail of political lions in darkest D.C. SEPARATION CENTER: Reno, where they bet on everything but marriage. HARVARD: No longer a Boston social annex, but still not a poor boys' school. MONSIEUR NOSE: He creates parfums in the world's best-smelling city. WINTER-SUN FASHIONS: Southern exposure in the Virgin Islands.$15.00 Condition: Some wear and small tears on front cover. All interior pages appear to be present with a few pages having small tears. 1949 March VOL 5 No 3, 144pp Featuring THE MISSISSIPPI, TUNIS, WEST INDIES PART II. Additional articles: THE MISSISSIPPI: A profile of the Big River, friend and enemy of man. HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPH: The saga of the Mississippi, mapped in color. MARK TWAIN CRUISE: Aboard a modern river boat, with Sam Clemens' shade at the wheel. TUNIS: Where wars are shrugged off and nervous breakdowns seem improbable. THE PALACE: San Francisco's stateliest hotel revels in glittering sentiments. THE LESSER ANTILLES OF THE WEST INDIES: The isles of caprice are coming of age. CONFUSION ON 56TH STREET: Dache designs tempting dresses to match tasty hats.$14.00 Condition: Some wear on spine, several small tears on various pages; all pages appear to be present. 1949 May VOL 5 No 5, 180pp Featuring THE HORSES. Additional Articles: THE HORSES: They live better than most of the 25,000,000 people who play them. BLUEGRASS BLUES: Two would-be Derby dopesters get left at the post. CHARLESTON: Behind a screen of magnolias, it's now "in trade". MR. BLETHERING: An American expatriate's fine Italian world goes up in war smoke. NAPLES: she has cleaned up her streets but not her panhandlers, profiteers and Fascists. TOURING THE ARDENNES: The land of the wartime Bulge is coming up with a smile. LISTEN TO THAT CHEESE! In Holland it's a good ear that knows its own Edam. INDIA WITHOUT GANDHI: Nehru and Patel are carrying on as Gandhi would have liked. CAPE ANN: Its fishermen live on the fish and its artists on the fishermen. WELLS FARGO: It set a record for integrity in an age of sharpers and desperadoes. TIFFIN IN TONGA: Photographers in Polynesia better be hungry. APPOINTMENT WITH SPRING: The season is as simple as a miracle. MOTHER: MYTH OR PERSON? Most Mother's Day presents treat her like a symbol. $16.00 Condition: Cover page has been pulled back to expose the original staples of the binding of the pages. 1949 June VOL 5 No 6, 168pp Featuring COLUMBIA RIVER COUNTRY - THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. Additional Articles: THE COLUMBIA: To the Northwest it means power and poetry in equal measure. THE LOWER COLUMBIA: Backwoods and metropolis merge on its banks; a cartograph. PORTLAND: Oregon's sober metropolis likes things as they are--or, even better, as they were. AMERICA'S FAVORITE MEAT: A Holiday food feature: Beef, from hoof to mouth. ROMAN FAMILY: Each Grimaldi goes his bitter way, but the Family endures. SLUGGER FROM LOUISVILLE: The bat of champions has an old Kentucky home. FROM THE RUBBLE: Poland needs peace to complete her phenomenal recovery. WHAT EVERY TRAVELER SHOULD KNOW: Or, why he tabled the lady's shoe. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA: It blends romance and reform. A FINE FIGURE OF A WOMAN: Fashion shapes the shape as well as the bathing suit. CHILBLAINS OVER PERU: Up in the Andes you can't tell the Tropics from the Arctic.$22.00 Condition: Cover page and page 1-2 have some tears. Minor water marks observed on exterior pages. Cover page has been pulled back to expose the original staples of the binding of the pages. 1949 November VOL 6 No 5, 150 pp Featuring VERMONT - BEMELMANS ON CAPRI - MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST. Additional Articles: VERMONT: Its people value freedom more than frills, character more than cash. SWISS FAMILY PERELMAN: Author and menage have a mangy trip to Lassie Land. THE TASTY PIG: He offers over 2000 tempting reasons to make a gourmet lick his chops. ISLE OF CAPRI: One haven the Baedeker-and-barbitol set hasn't "developed". CONVERSATION IN BUDAPEST: Countesses are sad, but bricklaying is looking up. FOOTBALL TOWN: Massillon drops everything but the ball when it's pigskin time. THE BLUE TRAIN: For 72 year it has hauled glamour on the Paris-Riviera run. THE SEVEN SISTERS: Mississippi's quiet Gulf cities hide a violent and romantic past. LIECHTENSTEIN: False teeth, tax dodgers and cows support this tiny nation. GLOBAL FASHIONS: Tina Leser translates faraway costumes into chic American clothes. $20.00 Condition: Magazine is in very good condition with small tear on page 78, and all interior pages present. Minor scrape line on cover page. Cover page has been pulled back to expose the original staples of the binding of the pages. 1950 March VOL 7 No 3, 142 pp Featuring KANSAS CITY: Rich and Repentant, ANDOVER: Town and School, HAITI, MAGIC ISLE. Additional Articles: THE WILD MISSOURI: Its history is filled with tragedy, its future with promise. KANSAS CITY: It's shocked at its own wicked youth, yet proud to have sinned so vastly. ANDOVER: Town and Gown include each other in the general spirit of friendliness. THE PALACE: It was the capital of the kingdom when vaudeville was king. SPICE TO TASTE: A Holiday food feature about spices and the empires they made. THE SWISS FAMILY PERELMAN: They get in Dutch with the Dutch in Java. Part 5. CLARIDGE'S: Patrons of this London hotel are treated--and billed--royally. HAITI: The Negro Republic of the Caribbean is as primitive as Paradise. PORTRAIT OF A FASHION EDITOR: How Glamour's girl dresses up to the job.$22.00 Condition: Magazine is in very good condition, allowing for its age, all pages are present and intact. 1950 April VOL 7 No 4, 154 pp Featuring Philadelphia's MAIN LINE Suburbia at its Best; The Fabulous Pump Room; JERUSALEM The Holy City Today. Additional Articles: THE MAIN LINE: Sylvan suburb of Philadelphia's aristocratic middle class. THE SWISS FAMILY PERELMAN: In hot water in Indonesia's hot waters. Part 6. THE CAT: PET OR PEST? Once a goddess, once a witch, always an individualist. THE FABULOUS PUMP ROOM: The specialties of the house come on wheels or on fire. THE LOST GOLD MINE: Death Valley's Breyfogle bonanza is still around--but where? CATALINA ISLAND: The yearly haul of tourist coin dwarfs the gold once found there. CABOOSE ARISTOCRAT: The conductor of a slow freight is free and easy as a lord. JERUSALEM: Peace and love have been passionately preached here--and passionately ignored. MADISON AVENUE: Where New York's ad-men work and shop in a world as dreamy as their ads.$19.00 Condition: Overall very good condition for its age; Wear on spine, 1950 May VOL 7 No 5, 168 pp Featuring BASEBALL: Its Whole Story - SMITH COLLEGE - THE HOLY YEAR - THE SOUTH PACIFIC - OKLAHOMA CITY. Additional Articles: THE WONDERFUL GAME OF BASEBALL: If it's child's play, we're a nation of kids. THE BASEBALL STORY: A chronicle of the game and the "bushers" who made big time. SMITH COLLEGE: The most impressive thing about this New England school is 2296 girls. CIRCLES IN THE SEA: Man's dream of living on a South Sea isle can be a nightmare. HERBS: THE WIT OF COOKING: Mastery of herbs makes a master cook. YOUR AIRPLANE: You needn't make a will or a million to fly your own. LIVING UNDER GLASS: People in glass houses are too happy to throw stones. JUBILEE YEAR IN ROME: An ancient idea has its greatest modern revival. OKLAHOMA CITY: It's rapid growth has been as uninhibited as its political leaders. BRIDES' BOUQUET: Since Eve wore a leaf, bridal wear has been second only to getting a man.$18.00 Condition: Minor wear on spine. Overall very good condition for its age. 1950 June Vol 7 No 6, 168 pp Featuring BROOKLYN: A key city in the geography of the American mind - BATHING SUITS for this season: Less nudity, more curves - REDUCING DIET: Eat-all-you-want - CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY - VIRGINIA CITY: Nevada's Ghost Town Booms Again. Additional Articles: BROOKLYN: The borough of extroverts has everything: cash, culture, crime and Coney Island. FIJI: They don't roast people anymore, but the Islanders still have burning problems. EAT WELL AND LOSE WEIGHT: A diet that's based on pleasure and proteins. VIRGINIA CITY: Liveliest ghost town in the world. McGOON THE SPLOON: Boys' camps offer more than just two months of parental peace. CAMBRIDGE: Socialism has invaded England's fortress of learning, but traditions endure. 1950: A GOOD ROUND FIGURE: This year's bathing suits accent the old-time curves.$27.00 Condition: Overall good condition for its age; minor wear on spine 1950 July Vol 8 No 1, 116 pp Featuring SOUTH PACIFIC: A New Tale. HARTFORD and the CONNECTICUT VALLEY: Yankee Stronghold. THE MESABI: Minnesota's Iron Giant. SEATTLE WATERFRONT. Introducing Holiday Fiction.Additional Articles: FEZ: A Moroccan city where five-hour dinners are the vogue and no one believes in germs. THE MYNA BIRDS: Re: Murder and Love. Time: 1951. Place: Fiji. A novelette. YANKEE CAPITAL: Hartford, Connecticut, likes being a small town on a big scale. CONNECTICUT VALLEY: Vital region of Yankee industry and ingenuity. COURTSHIP OF A CLOWN: A clown in mermaid's clothing falls for the Snow Queen. MAKE MINE VANILLA: From cone to baked Alaska, ice cream never leaves you cold. THE SWISS FAMILY PERELMAN: Sailing the Banda Sea with Bols for ballast. MINNESOTA'S IRON GIANT: The Mesabi Range, land of big money, big men, big fish. SEATTLE WATERFRONT: A picture story of a port with a bawdy past and a bustling future. CAPSULE VACATIONS: For week-enders, a wardrobe for a country, beach and man hunting.$25.00 Condition: Excellent. 1950 August Vol 8 No 2, 116 pp Featuring INDIANA: The Hoosier State. INDIANAPOLIS. SOUTHAMPTON SUMMER. GUADALCANAL REVISITED, by James Michener. YELLOWSTONE PARK. Additional Articles: INDIANA: Her people often differ--but once a Hoosier always a Hoosier. HOOSIER CAPITAL: Indianapolis, a modern city in a mellow setting. STEAM-HEATED WONDERLAND: Old Faithful is the star of Yellowstone's perpetual sideshow. THE MAN WITH TWO HANDS: His left hand was a schemer. CAPE COD'S NEW COTTAGES: A protest against quaint, cluttered living. THE SWISS FAMILY PERELMAN: They go brooding from Bali to Bangkok. GUADALCANAL: What has happened to the dark, blood-soaked island? BERWICK-UPON-TWEED: Outpost of Scottish stubborness at war with Russia. TRADER VIC'S: Frisco's South Sea den of Zombies, spareribs and skeletons. GREAT LAKES PASSAGE: Luxury vacationing atop 17,000 tons of iron ore. SOUTHAMPTON SUMMER: Long Island's swimming hole for society has 25-room "cottages". $7.00 Condition: Mostly average or better condition with a few tears and damage to top corners of first 63 pages, torn back page. 1950 October Vol 8 No 4, 134 pp Featuring - ST. LOUIS - PRINCETON - AMERICAN AUTUMN. Additional Articles: ST. LOUIS. THE ALIEN SEA. LOST WOMAN--Fiction. CAMPFIRE COOKERY--Holiday Food Feature. THE SWISS FAMILY PERELMAN Part 10. ROAD TO SALERNO. PRINCETON. AMERICAN AUTUMN. FABRICS FOR FALL. THE WOOLLY WEST. FLORENCE WITH A FORK. ARROWHEAD SPRINGS.$12.00 Condition: Spine has fold and wear with some creasing and small tears. 1950 November Vol 8 No 5, 144 pp Featuring: TENNESSEE: Storied land of the Bible and fiddles, the rifle and the demijohn - CHICAGO's Loop - AUSTRALIA, by James Michener. Additional Articles: TENNESSEE. BOLIVIA. ONE MAN'S PARADISE - Fiction. THANKSGIVING TURKEY--Holiday Food Feature. QUEEN OF OPERA HOUSES. CHICAGO'S LOOP. AUSTRALIA. ALL OUTDOORS--Fashions. THE SWISS FAMILY PERELMAN Part 11. HONG KONG. JOURNEY TO FREEDOM. $19.00 Condition: overall good condition for its age. All pages appear to be present and in good condition. 1950 December Vol 8 No 6, 172 pp. Featuring: SCOTLAND - Manhattan's Swank Suburbia WESTCHESTER COUNTY - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - CHRISTMAS FEATURES: A Bemelmans Story, Last Minute Gift Ideas, Plum Pudding. Additional Articles: SCOTLAND. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDING--A Holiday Food Feature. KEYS TO ADVENTURE. CHRISTMAS IN TYROL--Fiction. NEW GUINEA. BORDER TOWN. WESTCHESTER COUNTY. UNDERCOVER FASHIONS. AFRICAN DRUMBEAT. SINGAPORE. THE SWISS FAMILY PERELMAN--Conclusion.$16.00 Condition: Overall good condition, all interior pages appear to be present and in good condition, rear cover has some tears and some wear on spine. 1951 February Vol 9 No 2, 120 pp. Featuring: The Twin Cities MINNEAPOLIS & St. PAUL - Caribbean Holiday THE VIRGIN ISLANDS - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - New: About the HOLIDAY Diet. Additional Articles: EMBATTLED TWINS. LINCOLN PILGRIMAGE. THE HOPEFUL VIRGINS. THE EAT-ALL-YOU-WANT REDUCING DIET. HOOP-HAPPY TOWN. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. DEEP IN THE HEART OF...--Holiday Fashions. YOU'LL NEVER SEE THIS SHOW. BARGAIN PARADISE. GOOD READING: LAND BELOW THE WIND.$15.00 Condition: Front and rear covers intact, minor wear on spine. All interior pages appear complete.

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1949-1950-1951 Holiday LARGE FORMAT Vintage Magazines Buyer

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Publication Name: Holiday

Era/Year: 1949

UPC: Does Not Apply

MPN: Does not apply

Publisher: Curtis Publishing Company

Publication Year: 1949

Type: Magazine

Format: Physical

Publication Frequency: Monthly

Language: English

Volume: Vol5-Vol6-Vol7-Vol8-Vol9

Distribution: Paid Circulation

Contributors: James Michener

Original/Reproduction: Original

Features: Vintage

Genre: Holiday

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Topic: Antique Cars, Buses & Coaches, Cars, Pre-1960, Equestrian Sport, Fishing, Golf, Horse Racing, Motoring, Nature, Photography, Ski Touring, Trains, Western, Wine, Travel & Regional