Album Magazine Covers from amylsacks

Sunset, May 1955

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 18 May 2026 17:33:45 +0000

"Along the coast of Mendocino County, calm estuaries alternate with roaring surf. Here tourists fish for rockfish, a salmon boat chugs up the Noyo River (see page 56). Photograph by Aplin-Dudley Studios."

American Home, April 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:15:15 +0000

amylsacks has posted:

Oh, that reminds me: we need to watch *A Day At The Races* again since the Kentucky Derby just happened. :D

Western Family, September 1954

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 21:07:21 +0000

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Nowadays the kids would all be staring silently at their phones. :/

Dated September 2nd.

Household, April 1957

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 05:35:37 +0000

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For hours, they ferociously debated whether existence truly could precede essence. Neither gave way even an inch. But now, it's time to rest.

From the April issue.

Western Family, August 1957

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 05:18:51 +0000

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"Cover credits: Posters from American Airlines, Union Pacific Railroad, United Air Lines."

From the August issue.

Sunset, April 1955

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:45:21 +0000

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"The gardener who works at this potting bench belongs to an army of Westerners with a month of busy weekends ahead. Before you start your planting spree, see page 66."

Also, build a greenhouse because getting rained on eight hours a day gets old fast. :P

Farm Journal, March 1958

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 01:30:07 +0000

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"This brave daffodil's mission in life, says famed farm photographer J.C. Allen, was to assure him and Mrs. Allen that spring really was 'just around the corner' despite the Indiana snowstorm..."

Cover of the March issue.

Country Life, 1936

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:58:44 +0000

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After collecting his pay for this picture, Harry went wild buying a can of beans and a new pair of socks, before returning to his 4th-floor walk-up in Newark.

Western Family, 1951

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 03:39:50 +0000

amylsacks has posted:

The artist's signature could be *Kramer*. But unfortunately there's nothing more specific about them inside.

From the October 18th issue of Western Family.

Parents' Magazine, September 1949

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 07:17:33 +0000

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It's 75 F out today, but she's just gotta' show off that back-to-school ensemble right now!

American Artist,1951

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Wed, 01 May 2019 17:55:43 +0000

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"Equestrienne" is the title. I'm sorry to also report that Henri was not in fact interviewed in the magazine. Typical art industry bait-and-switch. ;)

Motor Magazine, 1964

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 18:34:26 +0000

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"Aretha Franklin drove this beauty to church every Sunday! Now what am I bid, Fellas'?"

House & Home, 1961

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 08:20:54 +0000

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This was literally all the money you needed to own a house in full back then. (Ah, silver currency, how we miss you!)

Muscular Development, 1969

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Thu, 05 Jul 2018 06:28:11 +0000

amylsacks has posted:

I'd love to answer all your questions about toe touching safety. Alas, I don't have the rest of the magazine. :o From the August issue.

Harper's Bazaar, 1946

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 01:06:54 +0000

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From the September issue: "Leonor Fini's fantastic canvases depict with her own bizarre elegance things like shells, snails, butterflies, skulls and Gothic faces. Fini is from Trieste, loves cats and cakes, is now in Paris, where she painted the cover for this issue."

Check out her tribute page. Great stuff.

Western Family, 1956

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:08:10 +0000

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"The magnificent, strutting turkey is King in this month of November as millions of us again celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the holiday uniquely and appropriately American. Buckley MacGurrin, who has provided two other WESTERN FAMILY covers (the nostalgic old-fashioned Valentine and the Nativity), painted this gorgeous gobbler from life, catchiing him in all his regal glory to give him a certain grandeur and immortality. Mr. MacGurrin's work is handled by the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles."

From the November issue (of course).

Western Family, 1950

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:08:07 +0000

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I don't know why this sitcom never made it past the pilot. :p Maybe it debuted on Thanksgiving and got crushed in the ratings by all that ding-dang football.

(Illustration by "Howay.")

Western Horseman, c1964

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:44:15 +0000

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Admit it. You can hear pedal steel playing in your head right now, just like I can.

Sunset, 1950

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:29:51 +0000

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"Landscape architect John H. Staley, Jr., of the firm of Osmundson and Staley, worked out the plan presented here. The owners, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Townsend of Oakland, California, contributed heart and hand to the project..."

This morning, I was still running the furnace as I readied this for posting. (Like the climate wimp I am.) Bah!

From the April issue.

Family Circle, 1953

nobody@ipernity.com (amylsacks) — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:57:26 +0000

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"Oh, Ricky, what a pity
Don't you understand
That every day's a rerun
And the laughter's always canned?..."

From the September issue.