The Saturday Evening Post - 7 Complete Issues 1949

February 12, 1949
March 12, 1949
April 9, 1949
August 20, 1949
September 10, 1949
September 17, 1949
November 12, 1949 

Description:
7 complete magazines of The Saturday Evening Post - all original and vintage. 
Magazines are staple bound and holding well, all pages are attached with no writing inside on all issues, except February 12 issue which has pages 65-72 detached but still present, all issues have some wear and various creases & tears - see details below. 

This was a time when practically all products were made in the United States and the vintage ads show that. Within these magazines are hundreds of advertisements, quite a few are in full color. Advertisements for products in these issues include:

Coca Cola, Snow Crop Frozen Orange Juice; Armstrong Tires; A&P Coffee; Ovaltine; Gibson Electric Refrigerator; Hastings Steel Vent Piston rings; Bostitch Stapler, Webster Cigars; Telechron electric clocks; Oil Industry Information Committee; Kohler bath fixtures; Masland rugs; Hammond Organs; Spam from Hormel; Kaiser Aluminum; Eveready batteries; York Refrigeration; Pan Am Airline; Jeep Trucks; Gulfpride Oil; Nesbitt's Orange Drink; Hudson Automobiles; La Choy; Servel refrigerators; Hertz; Delco Batteries; Kodak; Magnavox radio television and phonographs, General Electric; Birdseye Lima Beans; Chevrolet trucks; Libby's; Mercury; Dodge Trucks; Maxwell House Coffee; Whitman's Chocolates; Campbell's Soups; Goodyear; Smith Corona; Camel cigarettes; Samsonite Luggage; Acushnet Golf Balls; Pillsbury Cake Mix; Westclox Big Ben clock; Johnson Outboard Motor; Santa Fe Railway Line; Hamilton Watches; Story & Clark Pianos; Dutch Boy Paints; South Bend Split Bamboo Fly Rods; Boeing; Caterpillar Diesel; Chrysler; Stetson Hats; TWA; Squibb Dental Cream; Botany 500; Regal Shoes; Mutual Life Insurance; Rutland Patching Plaster; Delrich Margarine; Welch's; Vacation in Ontario; Upjohn Pharmaceuticals; McGregor Rayon shirts; American Express Travelers Cheques; Lucky Strike cigarettes; Bell Telephone; Wheaties; Borden's Milk; Champion Spark Plugs; Pontiac; Arrow Shirts; Pall Mall cigarettes; Buick; Old Gold cigarettes; 7Up; Gro-Pup Dog Food; John Hancock Insurance; Swift's Premium Franks; and dozens of others.

Some people cut out the ads to frame or re-sell. A shame to do that to these nice issues but you can do that if you want.  

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 

ConditionGood 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  
cover - Mr. Fix-It cover as Illustrated by artist Stevan Donahos

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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