Raber Collectibles & Uniques 10.12.26
Lot 496:
Description
A collection of vintage Fortune magazines comprising issues from January 1935, March 1936, September 1937, October 1937, and November 1937. Each magazine features a heavy paper cover with the title Fortune printed at the top alongside the text One Dollar a Copy and Ten Dollars a Year. The covers display industrial and Art Deco aesthetic themes. Readable cover artist signatures include A. Petruccelli on the September 1937 issue, PETRUCCELLI on the October 1937 issue, MAURICE FREED on the November 1937 issue, and a. m. cassandre on the March 1936 issue. Interior content includes a multi-page feature on Grant Wood and the PWAP titled New Murals in Iowa with illustrations for Veterinary Medicine, Farm Crops, and Animal Husbandry. The magazines also contain a photographic essay on Shanghai titled All Around The Town and various period advertisements. Notable advertisements include illustrated full-page layouts for ALCOA ALUMINUM featuring a streamliner train, INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS, Quaker State motor oil, and back-cover color advertisements for Chesterfield cigarettes featuring themes like The Three Musketeers and a figure skater.
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