Name/Title
"BETTER HOMES & GARDENS," APRIL 1929Entry/Object ID
2004.136.1.1Description
Color: Black; Blue; Green; Purple; White
"Better Homes & Gardens," April 1929 issue, published by the Meredith Publishing Company. The front cover has the date and cost at the top with the title in large letters below. A color image of a vase with flowers in it and a sewing basket, both on a table near a window encompasses most of the center and bottom of the cover. The publisher's name and location are at the bottom. There are many articles in the publication touching on interior decoration, gardening, home remodeling, cooking, architecture, leisure activities, and some short stories. The work is heavily illustrated with drawings and photographs and there are many advertisements related to domestic life. In fair condition, the periodical has spine and cover edge rubbing, cover and page creases, dents at the top right corner of the front, surface soiling, page yellowing, fading of cover color, a vertical fold down the center of the item and at the front cover bottom right corner, losses at the top of the spine, a stamp at the back cover top left and pencil marks at the top of the front page, moisture damage which causes stains and a musty smell, staple tarnish and tears at several places on the cover and on pages 3-8.Lexicon
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Landscape gardening, Interior decoration, MusicSearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (Periodicals), Meredith Publishing Company, Domestic architecture, Cookery, American, Literature, AmericanLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)