READERS DIGEST, FEBRUARY 1929

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"READERS DIGEST," FEBRUARY 1929

Entry/Object ID

2004.189.1.1

Description

Color: Blue; Green "Reader's Digest," Vol. 8, No. 82 (February 1929), published by The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. The item has a blue cover with the title at the top, a list of articles at the center, the number at the bottom, below which is the month and year and issue and subscription prices. All of these are within a border with classic columns, figures reading and other designs reminiscent of Greek or Roman classicism. The 83-page publication has thirty-one condensed articles on American politics, prominent persons, economics, morals, art collecting, education, science, sobriety, Prohibition, and other current events and topics from such publications as Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's, Outlook, Home Companion, the Mentor, Popular Science, Collier's, Ladies' Home Journal, Harper's, Saturday Evening Post, Century, and others. Short biographical statements of authors are on the inside back cover. With cover and page corner creases, cover soiling, page yellowing, pages 605-612 completely loose, losses at the spine ends, stains on the cover, and small tears on the cover edges, the overall condition is good.

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Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Magazines (Periodicals), Reader's Digest Association, Inc., The, Current events, Automobiles in mass media, Business--United States, Practical politics--United States, Women in sports, Roman Catholic Church--United States

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Magazines (Periodicals)