WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION, SEPTEMBER 1928

Object/Artifact

Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION," SEPTEMBER 1928

Entry/Object ID

2003.79.1.1

Description

Color: Black; Blue; Red; Purple; White; Yellow "Woman's Home Companion," September 1928, published by The Crowell Publishing Company, Chicago. The 148-page artifact has the title at the top of the front cover with the issue date and price just below and on either side. A large image of multi-colored tropical flowers in a purple vase with a string of pearls and a small figurine of a man and woman takes up most of the cover. The publisher's name is at the bottom. Contents include fiction; special articles on such topics as the radio, relations between the sexes, hair, weaving, and crafts; interior furnishing; children's interests; food; gardening; handicraft and embroidery; entertainment; fashions; and others. Illustrations include some photographs and black and white and color drawings. Many advertisements are throughout. In good condition, the artifact has some acid burns; light cover creases; light surface soiling; a small loss on the bottom right corner of the front; staple rust; and small cover tears.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Gardening, Home economics, Interior decoration, Nutrition, Marriage, Etiquette, Leisure, Radios

Search Terms

Two-dimensional, Magazines (periodicals), The Crowell Publishing Company, Fiction, Clothing and dress, Beauty, self, Arts and crafts movement

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Magazines (Periodicals)