'40s/'50s Nat'l Geo Ads & Articles

[HarpPlayerGene]

I found these on the side of the road yesterday. 1940 through 1967 (and some '70s but I won't be bothering with those here). Not all issues are there. None from 1941, darnit.

Anyway, I'm having a ball studying and reading them. I'm going to take copy shots of certain pages and sections to share here. Something for everyone, I'd think. If I can remain disciplined about it, I'll be updating this thread often as I make my way through the months and years of the past...

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

December, 1940

There are often vintage ads with the man condescending to the woman, but here's a well-written one with a more romantic and respectful tone:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

December, 1940

Check out the fore-runner to the Compact Disc player:

One-third the price of an automobile in those days!

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

December, 1940

Speaking of automobiles...

And travel (This one's for you, Indycop)...

This ad boasts that you could be flown from Florida to South America in ONLY 2-1/2 DAYS:

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

December, 1940

Not sure what is meant by this, but it makes me think dirty.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

December, 1940

Here are portions of an interesting article (especially to some of my vintage Stetson wearing buddies around here):

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

December, 1940

That's all for today's posts. Signing out...

 

[Roxy]

Thanks for sharing. These are great! :eusa_clap

 

[Michaelshane]

Very cool.

 

[jimmy the lid]

Gene -- you are a god among men for taking the time to post all of that. How totally cool! GREAT STUFF! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Cheers,
JtL

 

[Vintage lover]

My high school used to have National Geographic all the way back to the early 20's I believe. I used to love going through them. The sad part is that no one but me took any kind of interest in them.

 

[TheModernLife]

More Scans

Every weekend in Baltimore this little building opens up called "The Book Thing" where people drop off their old unwanted books and magazines. Then, they are organized and are free for the taking. There's always plenty of National Geographics, especially from the 40s and 50s. The oldest one I found was from 1919!

Anyways, I always took as many as I could and I started a blog where most of the scans come from them. Haven't updated in a while, but I've been meaning to do it soon.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Excellent scans, 'ModernLife!

 

[RetroToday]

Check out the fore-runner to the Compact Disc player:

Great stuff 'Gene,

I've amassed a small collection of 1930s - 50s National Geographics but haven't scanned any pages yet. That's mainly because I didn't want to break the spines, the pages are tricky to scan as bound.

Love the one for the Philco beam of light. It's a great technology that didn't get the popularity it was due because it was introduced near the beginning of the USA's involvement in WWII. The high price compared to standard players of the day didn't help either.

Video of a restored beam of light set here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMYYGWmTw1c
*I would have embedded this for easy viewing, but it isn't working on this video for some reason...

 

[Talbot]

Nice score!

Merge threads?



http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=33887

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

...the pages are tricky to scan as bound.

Yeah, I'm not scanning these - just pointing a camera at them and 'click'. Much quicker so I'm more likely to keep doing more from time to time.

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

Merge threads?



http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=33887

Whoopseedaisy. I should've (checked) known. Oh well, I'll keep fiddling with this thread until it gets merged. Either way's fine by me! Maybe I'll get some more shots up tomorrow or over the weekend...

 

[Talbot]

Whoopseedaisy. I should've (checked) known. Oh well, I'll keep fiddling with this thread until it gets merged. Either way's fine by me! Maybe I'll get some more shots up tomorrow or over the weekend...

Love the shots, never too many. Love the Stratoliner BTW!

I have a stash of Saturday Evening Post's, Colliers, and Esquire. Any interest in some pics?

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

I have a stash of Saturday Evening Post's, Colliers, and Esquire. Any interest in some pics?

I think they are probably worthy of a thread by that title. I'd like to see 'em...

 

[HarpPlayerGene]

May, 1940

I got started out of order. Getting back on track with the earliest issue: