Ladies' Home Journal, The Magazine Women Believe In, May 1942 [Vol. LIX, No. 5]

Philadelphia, PA USA: The Curtis Publishing Company. Good. 1942. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. 148 pages. Charming cover illustration by Al Parker depicts mother and daughter arranging their WWII-era ration stickers. Features: War and the Standard of Living; If You Ask Me (by Eleanor Roosevelt); There Never Was a Marriage Like Yours; How America Lives: Meet Reverend & Mrs. Sanborn - Arthayer Russell and Ruth Sanborn, Jr.; "The Church Just Doesn't Think"; and "Catching" Diseases. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (including recipes), short stories and poetry. Full page colour vintage print advertising for Campbell's Soup, Coca-Cola, and French's Mustard. Full page colour vintage Lucky Strike Cigarette print advertising with American Artist James O. Chapin (1887-1975) painting. Full page colour ad with Rosalind Russell promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Short stories illustrated by Roy F. Spreter and Al Parker. Complete, clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy of this wartime issue.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; Al Parker, Standard of Living, Eleanor Roosevelt); There Never Was a Marriage Like Yours; How America Lives: Meet Reverend & Mrs. Sanborn - Arthayer Russell and Ruth Sanborn, Jr.; "The Ch .