McCALL'S, APRIL 1929

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"McCALL'S," APRIL 1929

Entry/Object ID

2004.170.1.1

Description

Color: Black; Green; Red; White; Yellow "McCall's," published by the McCall Company, April 1929. The magazine has 146 pages and a white cover with the title at the top of the front in blue and the month, year, and price to the lower right in black. At the center is a head-and-shoulders illustration of a woman in a green cloche hat and yellow, black, and red scarf. Above and to the left is a bird on top of a snow-covered barometer indicating the change of season. The names of featured authors are at the bottom, as is an address stamp. In the issue are many features divided into the sections of fiction, articles, poetry, home decoration, housekeeping, for children, home building, gardens, and fashions. There are many photographs and drawings as illustrations and a wealth of advertisements, most of which concern household management. With light spine rubbing, some cover creases, some cover soiling, slight page yellowing, losses to the top of the spine, moisture damage at the top and upper left, stains on the cover, staple tarnish, small tears along the right edges of pages 1-8, on the spine, and small ones on the cover, the overall condition is good.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Hygiene

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), McCall Company, Fiction--United States, Home economics--United States, Theater--United States, Clothing and dress, Poetry--United States, Household decoration--United States, House furnishings--United States, Landscape gardening--United States

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Magazines (Periodicals)