Name/Title
"THE RED BOOK" APRIL 1929Entry/Object ID
2004.183.1.1Description
Color: Black; Brown; Gold; Red; White
"The Red Book" April 1929 issue, published by The Consolidated Magazines Corporation, Chicago. The front cover, which has a red background, has the price, date, and title at the top. Below is an image of a women aviator. At the bottom are references to titles and authors of features in the magazine. Contents include three serialized novels, ten short stories, and seven other pieces dealing with current issues or history, including items on ordinary people, poetry, laughing as a means to business success, a feature on Theodore Roosevelt, and other topics. There are many photographs and drawings or paintings as illustrations and many advertisements in the 174-page periodical. In fair condition, the artifact has cover and spine rubbing, brittleness (particularly along the spine), dented cover corners, light cover soiling, page darkening, particularly around the edges, light flaking of page edges, folds of the bottom left corner of the back, looseness of the spine, losses to the surface of the cover, and small tears on the cover and spine.Lexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), The Consolidated Magazines Corporation, Literature, American, Presidents--United States, Poetry, AmericanLegacy Lexicon
Object Name
Magazines (Periodicals)