2 Rare 1957 Travel Magazines, Focus LA & S. Calif: Holiday & LA Times Midwinter

Description: I went to one of those old West Akron mansions and I found these two magazines. Because I love magazines and MidCentury Modern, I picked them up and spent hours going through these 1957 magazines with great art, photography, feature stories and ads. They have everything that you would expect from publications of California Mid Century Modern. This is what you are getting in this special buy it now: Holiday, Oct. 1957 (22:4). Special Issue Los Angeles. From the front cover that features the “kaleidoscopic world of Los Angeles” to the feature on “Haunted Hollywood” (by Robert Carson), this magazine covers the highpoints of LA, including the Sun, the Pollution, Restaurants, Fashion and so much more. You’ll find lots a great photography, including an aerial photos of the 1957 highway system, the lush ranches, the Oceanarium, beach life, Hollywood personalities (featuring pics of a a very young Paul Newman and Suzy Parker to cartoons. Advertising features all those upscale products like the Boeing 707 and Pan American (when few people could afford to fly), liquor, lots of cruise lines and clothing. It’s 180 pages of material on LA and its related satellites (Balboa, Beverly Hills, San Fernando Valley, Palm Springs and Pasadena). This magazine is in very good conditions, no rips, tears or writing inside. The separate 4-color cover has minimal edge wear. Holiday magazine is oversized – about 10-3/4 by 13=1/2.Los Angeles Times” Midwinter Edition magazine, focusing on the Southern California Holiday, Jan. 2, 1957. Artist Rex Brandt painted the beach scene at Balboa for the cover; the magazine features other Brandt art inside the magazine (albeit in black and white, e.g. San Francisco and San Diego . The magazine covers everything from the Rose Parade, Music and Drama, the City by Day, the City by Night, Travel, Recreation and so much more. The magazine has 200 pages. But it’s a lower quality stock paper. Nonetheless, this magazine is in very good condition, without rips, tears, orr writing inside. Separate cover. Back cover features the port of Los Angeles. Cover has minimal wear on the edges. Midwinter magazine measures about 10-1/3 and 12-3/4, a good size to fold into the giant sized LA Times Sunday editionThese are two great rare periodicals -- ideal for anyone who loves California or MidCentury Modern. And what makes it better, a portion of the proceeds of this sale goes to the Akron-Canton Food Bank which needs help right now.

Price: 40 USD

Location: Kent, Ohio

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