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- AngoraSox
- Welcome to all! As a hobby, I collect vintage fashion magazines and enjoy sharing the collection with others. These images are still very difficult to find on the internet in abundance and as large, clear scans. I experience a lot of laughter, artistic satisfaction and insight as I muse about the content of these images. However, as the Spanish proverb goes, "Unshared joy is an unlighted candle." In that spirit, join me in giving a wink and a nod to the past as we peruse it together. Know that many friends may have contributed pictures to this collection. Thank you for brightening this site with your visit! -- AngoraSox
Seventeen magazine developed out of a movie magazine called Stardom, also published by Triangle Publications. When owner Walter Annenberg asked editor Helen Valentine to take over the struggling 2-year-old Stardom magazine, she said, "There is nothing in the world I am less interested in than a movie magazine." She convinced Walter that 6-million girls between thirteen and eighteen needed to be addressed as young adults instead of as swooning bobby soxers. Thus, in September 1944 Seventeen magazine was birthed and by 1949 claimed a circulation of over one million. Magazines like Calling All Girls and American Girl now had a big sister!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother was on the first seventeen magazine as teacher of the year... Still have it too! Its very old but in great shape
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