Description
Step back in time with the Ladies' Home Journal Magazine from December 1948, a captivating piece of history you won’t want to miss! Volume 65, Issue 12, titled Point of No Return, offers a delightful glimpse into the lives and interests of women during the late 1940s. This vintage magazine not only represents an era of rich cultural history but also serves as an inspiring source of nostalgia.
This magazine is in good vintage condition, and while it has its charms, please note that it does come with some imperfections. There are visible creases on the front cover and within the pages. Additionally, you may find some marks scattered throughout the magazine. It’s important to mention that there are missing pages at the back, adding to its unique vintage character.
- Authentic vintage item perfect for collectors or as a decorative piece for your home.
- An insightful source showcasing the trends, stories, and advice from the late 1940s.
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Note: The content list below is digitally transcribed for searchability. Please refer to the photos for the exact Table of Contents.
Inside This Issue (Full Table of Contents):-
Fiction
- Point of No Return (First part of five) — John P. Marquand
- Kinfolk (Third part of five) — Pearl S. Buck
- The Gift That Matters — Joseph and Idella Marq
- Security — Marie Race
- The Invitation — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- Christmas at Whitman's Mission — Robert Ormond Case
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Special Features
- Depression and War — Dorothy Thompson
- What One Woman Can Do — Constance J. Foster
- If I Had to Marry — Eleanor Roosevelt
- If You Ask Me — John Walker
- Letters from Our Honeymoon — Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt
- People Are People the World Over — John Godfrey Morris
- How America Lives: Maine Pioneers — Sara Lamport
- “Broken Homes Nearly Wrecked Our Lives!” — Leslie B. Hohman, M.D.
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General Features
- Our Readers Write Us
- Under-Cover Stuff — Bernardine Kielty
- Visiting Nurses — New Haven, Connecticut
- Reference Library — Margaret Hickey
- Making Marriage Work — Clifford R. Adams
- Dear Santa — Edited by Maureen Daly
- Fifty Years Ago in the Journal • Journal About Town
- Bringing Up Parents — Dr. Barbara Bieber
- Pneumonia: Still a Challenge to Mothers — Dr. Herman N. Bundesen
- This Is a Mens-Better — Munro Leaf
- Diary of Domesticity — Gladys Taber
- Ask Any Woman — Marcelene Cox
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Fashions and Beauty
- Head Start — Dawn Crowell Norman
- Lovely Evening . . . at Home — Wilhela Cushman
- You'll Be Wearing . . . You'll Be Making — Wilhela Cushman
- Make It a Dress to Remember — Nora O’Leary
- Homemade Christmas Toys — Nora O’Leary
- Homemade Christmas Accessories — Nora O’Leary
- To Mother with Love — Dawn Crowell Norman
- Five of a Kind — Nora O’Leary
- Festivity A-Head — Leone Seastrum
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Food and Homemaking
- Merry Christmas All Day Long — Ann Batchelder
- Line a Day — Ann Batchelder
- Children in the Kitchen — Gladys Taber
- Conversation Piece — Ruth Mills Teague
- Hearty and Hot for a Hungry Family — Louella G. Shower
- Quick and Easy for Two — Louella G. Shower
- Gifts to Remember — Margaret Davidson
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Poetry
- Little Dirge — Eleanor Auletta Chaffee
- Misunderstanding — Georgie Starbuck Galbraith
- Mary — Ethel Burnett deVito
- Song by Night Light — Gladys McKee
- Come Home, My Love — Elisabeth McFarland
- Keep Me the Country — Cora Wilcox Dyer
- Cradled — Mary Wilder Pease
- Made Ready to Receive Him — Catherine Ames Clinchard
- Twin Fawns — Ethel Jacobson
- Winter Love — Eleanor Graham Vance
- Brook — Elisabeth-Ellen Long
- Cover Design by Al Parker