Details for each issue:
Covers & contents as follows:
1) February 12, 1949
cover - woman at travel agency office staring out window at New York City winter scene illustrated by Constantin Alajalov
features include: Cunard's Queen Elizabeth and traveling with cars and other items, Utah University basketball team, Michigan Governor Gerhard Mennen Williams, Cities of America, Peoria Illinois, Dangers of coal mining
Short Stories
FOOL’S TRAP Donald Barr Chidsey
DOUBLE DARE Baird Hall
SECOND WIFE Joseph Carroll
THE UNSPEAKABLE WIDOW R. Ross Annett
Articles
THE BLOODY PRICE OF COAL David G. Wittels
THE CITIES OF AMERICA: PEORIA Elise Morrow
MY SOVIET SCHOOL DAYS AND ROMANCE Anna-Palasova Raymond
WHEN MICHIGAN WOKE UP HE WAS GOVERNOR Richard Thruelsen
BIGGEST THINGS AFLOAT (Second of two articles) Rufus Jarman
HOW TO EDUCATE A SECRETARY R. Magruder Dobie
THE AMAZING NOBODIES FROM UTAH U. Al Stump
REAL ESTATE’S MIGHTY ATOM John Kobler
Serials
DATE WITH DEATH (Fifth of eight parts) Leslie Ford
AMBUSH (Conclusion) Luke Short
Other Features
LETTERS POSTSCRIPTS EDITORIALS VERSE KEEPING POSTED
Condition: Good with some age wear to covers and mailing label affixed. Pages 65-72 are detached but still present.
2) March 12, 1949
cover - woman at cafeteria passing up pastries for health food illustrated by Constantin Alajalov
feature on the hiring of New York Yankees new manager Casey Stengel. B29 bomber feature. Living with a cheetah. African ritual of trial by fire. Communists teach youngsters contempt for their own country in the USA through Marxist schools in New York
Short Stories
MARRIAGEABLE MALE Irving Gaynor Neiman
DANGER ZONE Joseph Wechsberg
CRISIS IN THE HOUSE Ralph Knight
WOMEN LIKE TO BE FOOLED Kingsley Tufts
Articles
I FLY WITH THE LONG-RANGE BOMBERS Wesley Price
WE LIVE WITH A CHEETAH Jule Mannix
WHEN I WAS A BOY IN MAINE R.E. Gould
THEY DIDN’T HIRE HIM FOR LAUGHS Tom Meany
MOUNTAINS HATE PEOPLE Grant Pearson, as told to Philip Newill
I SOLVED THESE FIREBUG MYSTERIES (Second of three articles) Thomas Patrick Brophy
AFRICAN LIE DETECTOR Attilio Gatti
HERE’S WHERE OUR YOUNG COMMIES ARE TRAINED Craig Thompson
Serials
MIDNIGHT BOY (First of seven parts) George Agnew Chamberlain
RUSTLER’S RANGE (Fourth of seven parts) Monte Barrett
Other Features
LETTERS VERSE EDITORIALS POST SCRIPTS KEEPING POSTED
Condition: Good some age wear. chip to rear cover and some staining to ad featuring Linda Darnell. mailing label affixed.
3) March 12, 1949
cover - husband arrives home, wife wants a kiss closes eyes while husband is possibly more interested in food she has prepared on stove illustrated by Constantin Alajalov
features on popular radio show Fibber McGee and Molly, how bloodhounds find missing and wanted people; how to prepare for retirement, how China and the Communists will cooperate with Russia, article on Bob Scherer made millions in capsule pill manufacturing
Short Stories
DON’T TELL ME WHY YOU LOVE ME Richard Stern
TRIAL BY WATER John Durant
THE LADY WAS PROMISED Bernice Brown Brush
MY GUN TALKS FOR MES. Omar Barker
Novelette
UNBREAKABLE ALIBI Mary Roberts Rinehart
Articles
THE BIG BOOM FROM OKLAHOMA Marquis W. Childs
THE McGEES OF WISTFUL VISTA (First of two articles) Robert M. Yoder
HE DID IT WITH.CAPSULES Greer Williams
WILL CHINA BECOVTE-A_RUSSIAN SATELLITE? Edgar Snow
SO YOURE GOING TO RETIRE Joseph H. Peck, M.D.
TRACKED BY BLOODHOUNDS Daniel P. Mannix
WHAT WOMEN TELL THEIR HATRDRESSER Pete Martin
OUR HOT WAR FOR ICELAND Rear Adm. Daniel V. Gallerv, USN
Serials
FUGITIVE FROM TERROR (First of five parts) James R. Webb
MIDNIGHT BOY (Fifth of seven parts) George Agnew Chamberlain
Other Features
LETTERS POSTSCRIPTS EDITORIALS VERSE REPORT TO THE EDITORS KEEPING POSTED
Condition: Good with age wear. mailing label affixed to cover. wear to corner, slight loss to rear corner by spine
4) August 20, 1949
cover - filling an inflatable swim float at a gas station in Westport Connecticut illustrated by Stevan Donahos
feature on Brooklyn Dodgers manager Burt Shotton, Cities of America, Dover Delaware, the new State of Israel and its problems; a circus animal doctor; feature on the Good Humor Ice Cream man and that business
Short Stories
MARRIED TO A STRANGER Victoria Case
THE BEAUTIFUL BEACHCOMBER Steve McNeil
THE MOST TALENTED MAN IN TOWN Eddy Orcutt
THE MILLION-DOLLAR FORGERIES. George Bradshaw
Articles
OUR BLOODY JUNGLE ROAD TO TOKYO NIGHTMARE IN NEW GUINEA (Second of seven articles) Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger and Milton MacKaye
THE CITIES OF AMERICA: DOVER, DELAWARE Harold H. Martin
THE SOUTH’S FORGOTTEN MAN Hodding Carter
BROOKLYN’S GENTLEMAN BUM Roger Butterfield
CAN ISRAEL SOLVE ITS PROBLEMS? Milton Lehman
HEADACHES OF A CIRCUS ANIMAL DOCTOR Juliet Bridgman
THE PIED PIPERS OF ICE CREAM Eleanor Harris
Serials
WANTED FOR MURDER (F irst of six parts) Richard Macaulay
RENEGADE CANYON (Third of seven parts) Peter Dawson
Other Features
LETTERS POST SCRIPTS EDITORIALS VERSE KEEPING POSTED
Condition: Good with age wear, mailing label affixed to cover. tear near bottom of spine on rear cover
5) September 10, 1949
cover - Man Missing New York City Bus on cover as Illustrated by famed artist Thornton Utz (This is Utz's FIRST Saturday Evening Post cover)
feature on Idaho's Priest River and the men who clear log jams, a fascinating story about Communists who are teachers and what should be done about them influencing young minds in schools and colleges by Sidney Hook, The Cities of America covers Omaha, Nebraska, William Mellin's story of being a wire tapper who once trapped Dutch Schultz and Waxey Gordon. Mellin's story is told to famed writer of The New Yorker and New York Times, Meyer Berger. The parents of Philadelphia Phillis star Richie Ashburn and how they host in their house other ballplayers. And actor Victor Mature tells about the role he liked best.
Stories
STATE OF MANHOOD Sophie Kerr
WEEK-END HOUSEWIFE. Jack Sher
JOURNEYMAN LOVER Paul Jones
SHERIFF OLSON BETS HIS LIFE. MG. Chute
Articles
I WAS A WIRE TAPPER William J. Wellin, as told to Meyer Berger
THE CITIES OF AMERICA: OMAHA Arthur W Baum
OUR BLOODY JUNGLE ROAD TO TOKYO- THE DASH FOR MANILA (Fifth of seven articles) Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger and Milton MacKaye
TROUBLE SHOOTERS OF THE RIVER William L. Worden
WHAT SHALL WE Do ABOUT COMMUNIST TEACHERS? Sidney Hook
SHOULD WE DO BUSINESS WITH TITO? Demaree Bess
THAT HOUSE WHERE THE BALLPLAYERS LIVE Harry T. Paxton
HOLLYWOOD'S MOST POPULAR SHOW Pete Martin
Serials
WANTED FOR MURDER (Fourth of six parts) Richard Macaulay
RENEGADE CANYON (Sixth of seven parts) Peter Dawson
Other Features
Letters, Post Scripts, Editorials Verse, Report To The Editors, Keeping Posted
Condition: Good with wear to edges with small edge tears. Mailing label affixed to cover. Small (about 1 inch) tear at back cover towards bottom of spine. Some pages have handling wear and a small tear here and there.
6) September 17, 1949
cover - boy and father at dog pound picking out new pet for adoption as Illustrated by Amos Sewell (his first Saturday Evening Post cover)
feature on Rockefeller Center with terrific color photos, the battle with childhood polio (still no vaccine in 1949), college football preview with Notre Dame as leading pick, a carnival sharpie tells how he clips chumps on the midway in games of "skill", how the patriots and founding fathers compromised on drawing up the Constitution when they were having trouble agreeing about anything, phenomenal full color double page ad for John Ford movie She Wore A Yellow Ribbon starring John Wayne
Short Stories
MALICE AFORETHOUGHT David Lamson
PERFECT SECRETARY Kingsley Tufts
IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR ROMANCE R. Ross Annett
BRIGHT INFERNO Robert Carse
Articles
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO GERMANY’S JEWS? Ernest O. Hauser
I'LL GYP YOU EVERY TIME (anonymous)
WHERE ARE WE NOW ON POLIO? Steven M. Spencer
NOBODY LIKED IT BUT THE PEOPLE Roger Butterfield
PIGSKIN PREVIEW Fred Russell
THE CITY WHERE NOBODY LIVES Joe Alex Morris
WHAT DO WOMEN WANT, ANYWAY? Robert M. Yoder
OUR BLOODY JUNGLE ROAD TO TOKYO DIGGING THE JAPS OUT OF THE PHILIPPINES (Sixth of seven articles) Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger and Milton MacKaye
FAMILY AT WORK: RESORT OWNERS Richard Thruelsen
Serials
WANTED FOR MURDER (Fifth of six parts) Richard Macaulay -
RENEGADE CANYON (Conclusion) Peter Dawson
Other Features LETTERS POST SCRIPTS EDITORIALS VERSE REPORT TO THE EDITORS KEEPING POSTED
Condition: Good minus with wear to edges with small edge tears. Mailing label affixed to cover. Small (about 2 inches) tear at spine along cover towards bottom of spine. Back cover has chipped piece and tear and creasing.
7) November 10, 1949
feature on Joseph Stalin, legendary sportswriter Red Smith has a feature on Dartmouth football. article Cities of America, Minot, North Dakota, great editorial about "Nobody Enjoys A Right To Plot To Overthrow of U.S." concerning the fact that at a recent trial Communists were jailed not because they were Communists but because of their advocating the destruction of the government. (how appropriate for today.)
Short Stories
The Rebellious Age. Harold Montanye
The Woman Hater Steve Meneil
Anxious Night David Lamson
Collision Course Peter Dollar
Articles
My Three Years In Moscow: What Kind Of Man Is Stalin? (First Of A Series Of Articles) - Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith
How To Get Rich After Dark (Fishing Industry) - John Maloney
Mountain Rescue Man - Virginia C. Meneill And William L. Worden
Rhode Island’s Little Firecracker - Samuel Lubell
Pst! Harry Truman’s Got A Cowlick - Albert J. Rothe, As Told To Beverly Smith
No Crying Towels At Dartmouth - Red Smith
The Cities Of America: Minot, North Dakota - Mark Murphy
The World’s Best-Fed High School - Josef Israels
Something New In Striped Pants - Ernest O. Hauser
That Ain't The Way I Saw It - Robert M. Yoder
Serials
The Innocent Buccaneer (First of Eight Parts) - Clarence Budington Kelland
The Doctor Of Unknown Island (Second of Four Parts) - David Divine
Other Features
Letters, Post Scripts, Editorials Verse, Report To The Editors, Keeping Posted
Condition: Good with wear to edges with small edge tears. Magazine has mailing label affixed. Some pages have handling wear and a small tear here and there.
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