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De Witt & Co. :: Magazines :: Women's Magazines :: Woman's Home Companion - May 1928 - Frank Bensing

Woman's Home Companion - May 1928 - Frank Bensing

Woman's Home Companion magazine from 1928, complete and in good to very good condition. Measures about 10¾" X 14" with 176 pages. The quintessential Woman's magazine of the period, with short stories, multi-part novels, articles on fashion, needlework, gardening and much more. Not to mention the fantastic artwork and advertising found inside! Published by the Crowell Publishing Company.

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Some Highlights of What's Inside:

Cover Design by James Preston

Stories:
Dephne and the Delicious Monster by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, illustrated by Harold Von Schmidt
The Bloom on the Peach by Fannie Kilbourne, illustrated by John Crosman
Far Seas and Distant Lands by Ellis Parker Butler, illustrated by George Illian
The Ideal Gift for Mother by Willson Whitman, illustrated by May Wilson Preston
Ultraviolet, Part III by Henry Kitchell Webster, illustrated by Russell Patterson
The Measure of Damages by Grace Torrey, illustrated by John Alonzo Williams

Special Articles:
Own Your Own Little Theater by Constance D'Arcy Mackay, illustrated by Howard W. Willard
Troupers of the Gold Coast by Constance Rourke, illustrations by james Preston, W.J. Aylward and Neale Iredell
The Story of Religion: Luther by Charles Francis Potter, illustrated by Keith Henderson
Electing a President's Wife by Frederick L. Collins
Keeping Off the Shelf, Part IV by Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, drawings by Walter Jack Duncan and B.J. Rosenmeyer
This Is Our Presidential Year by Anna Steese Richardson
The Weaver's Craft by Edith Huntington Snow
Are You Spoiling Anybody? by Anne Bryan McCall

Poetry
The Old Miracle by Charles Hanson Towne

Fashions
Bronze and Gold, Drawing by Clara Ernst
A Dancing Hemline, drawing by Jean Desvignes
Please Be Plump by Hazel Rawson Cades
The Charm of French Lingerie
In Medieval Splendor, drawing by John La Gatta
Picturesque Charm, drawing by John La Gatta

Handicraft and Embroidery
Quilted Pillows by Elizabeth Mackenzie Roth
Rose and Larkspur
Of Colored Raffia
Junior Embroidery

Gardening
Plant Protection by Grace Tabor
The Summer Bulbs and Tubers by Grace Tabor
Cabbages Is Beautiful by Mabel Reagh Hutchins
Garden Pageants

Entertainment
A May Birthday Party by Jack Bechdolt and George Illian

Interior Furnishings
The Couch Bed as a Decorative Feature by Harry C. Richardson
Six Distinctive and Colorful Bedrooms by Hope Harvey

For the Children
The Jolly Juniors

Household
Laundry Lore by Nell B. Nichols

Food
A Silver Anniversary
Listening In At Miss Bradley's School
Entrees and Souffles by Alice Bradley
A Dollar Dinner for Four by Alice Bradley
Eight Going On Nine by Fannie Ferber Fox and Lavinia Schwartz
Better Buying by Alexander Todoroff

The Picture Section
Photographs by Ruth Alexander Nichols and H.P. Cook

Housebuilding
Littlefield by A. Raymond Ellis

A few of the major Advertisements (full-page or larger):
Ivory Soap with illustration by Harry Morse Meyers (see photo below)
Campbell's Soups
Kroehler Living Room Furniture
Horlick's Malted Milk
E.R. Squibb & Sons
General Electric Refrigerators
Maxwell House Coffee
Wheatena Cereal
Devoe Lacquer with illustration by Arthur D. Fuller (see photo below)
Post Toasties with illustration by Frank Bensing (see photo below)
Wrigley's Double Mint Gum
Mohawk Rugs and Carpets with illustration by Byron G. Newton (see photo below)
Kaffe Hag Coffee
Sun-Maid Puffed Raisins
Old Dutch Cleanser (back cover)

Condition:
Edge/Corner Wear: mostly mild, moderate along spine
Surface Wear: mostly mild
Soiling: mostly mild, some moderate
Spine Separations: no major separations, but wrap has some wear (see photo below)
Tearing: 1" tear on back cover, otherwise just minor tearing
Inner Pages: very good to excellent
Other: great issue!

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SKU	7070408
Quantity in stock	1 item(s) available
Price:	$24.00

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