Mini-Magazine Monday on Saturday!

Welcome to a Mini-Magazine Monday on Saturday! This undated two page ad is most likely from 1966 as thats about when the "Abbey" version of RCA's color TV set came out. It sure bugs me not knowing the exact date, but this was a cheap purchase on Ebay so I guess you can't be picky!

















































The backside of one of the pages has this great G.E. Washer advertisement. The part with all the controls looks like piece of fine jewelry, quite a contrast from today's all plastic machines. Someone wrote "66" in pencil on the lower right, sounds correct.

Ecran Magazine - August 1955

Welcome to Magazine Monday! Digging a little deeper into the stack of “odd” magazines, this week’s feature is “Ecran” Magazine from August 1955.  I think it’s called “Ecran”, which translates to “Screen” in French. The magazine itself does not appear to be in French. From what I can tell it was printed in Argentina or Mexico or maybe Chile.

A wonderful photo of Judy Garland graces the cover of this faded and fading fast magazine. The paper is similar to the lined paper we used in 1st grade. Oddly, Judy’s photo does not appear anywhere else in the magazine.






“Disneylandia” I bet that translates to “Disneyland” You’re on your own with the rest of this four page article. I must confess to only speaking English. If anyone wants to translate some of this please do.










“Klenzo” detergent with a catchy name! Nice prizes.






A couple of the “Hollywood” sections.








Here’s three ½ page advertisements that I pasted together, I guess it was 1955 everywhere huh?






What is this lady using to make her face look like wax and why?






Mari Blanchard is looking mighty fine on the back cover, a “B” movie actress according to Wikipedia (link). Who is this Eduardo guy that signed both the front and the back?





Neat way to do the date whoever you are!






Since this magazine had Judy Garland on the cover but nothing about her inside, I thought I throw in this little video. From 1943 Live “Command Performance” radio show done for the WWII troops. Judy sings “Over the Rainbow” and nails it with such precision and emotion it’s spooky.

This Week Magazine - September 19, 1954

Welcome to Magazine Monday. For today’s feature let’s set the way back machine as far as it goes here on the blog. From September 19, 1954 it’s “This Week Magazine”. This large format “Newspaper” magazine is from the “Cleveland Plain Dealer”.

“Teen Tops. Fashion hits with the younger set” you’ll see more about that later. The mental illness article was a real downer with its talk of lobotomies so you won’t see more of that later.






“Walt Disney’s New Ten Million Dollar Toy”. These old article sure made a big deal about how much the park was going to cost and they were usually wrong! What train is that??? Parts of the train resemble the C.K. Holiday (link) but the number is wrong and it seems larger? Plus wasn't the C.K. Holiday built from scratch?

Throughout the entire article Disneyland is referred to as a “Fair”. I wonder what Walt’s thoughts on that were?






“Sardinian Donkeys” and “Midget Horses”, sounds more like a Circus! “Pot Shots at Indians”, that is NOT the way the shooting gallery ended up.






Did someone ask the Sardinian donkey if they wanted to wear that costume? Fascinating information on the “Adventures of Alice in Wonderland” attraction. Poor Land of Tomorrow, getting the short end of the stick in 1954 just like 2009!!!!






Not much else in this issue except advertisements and this great Agatha Christie story “Murder at the Vicarage”. I like the full page illustration by Robert Fawcett.







Speaking of advertisements, here we go. It’s the 1950’s, so you gotta have Oatmeal! On the left are some more “Teen Tops", I like the “Jester” with its double droop.






“For 4th Meal Fun”! Only in the 1950’s was dessert considered a meal!






"Waxed paper keeps food fresher, longer." “It isn’t a meal without BREAD!” so there.






Ok ladies, time for house work while wearing your Sunday finest. Do laundry the “safe, easy way” with “Purex Dry Bleach”. Hey that looks pretty handy, I’m going to have to find myself a jar of that stuff.






“Nothing else will wash as clean as TIDE yet is so mild!” I hope Larry Tate paid Darrin Stephens top dollar for that slogan!






Since we are in 1954 and in case you missed my two prior 1954 Magazine posts, here are the links to both.


Link to: Why Disney changed his mind about TV - TV Guide October 1954






Link to: Fortnight revisited, November 1954 - Before the attitude....

Popular Science - Aprl 1956

Welcome to Magazine Monday! Today’s feature was contributed by TokyoMagic of at the Meet the World Blog. Thanks Tokyomagic for this great magazine article and everyone be sure to check out the “Meet the World” blog.

From April 1956 its Popular Science. This issue has a focus on the “Home Show” with all kinds of ways to improve your home.






While there is no actual reference to Disneyland, I can bet you’ve figured out what the feature article is about…. Yup, homes for Tomorrow(land)!






This is an amazing five page article all about the “Plastic House of the Future”. The little plastic house was just a sparkle in Walt’s eye at this point, in fact, did Walt even know about it in April 1956?










The multiple configurations are really neat, I want a “Mansion” made of plastic! “The Plastic Mansion” the Disneyland attraction that never was….







How about some classic advertisements? Popular Science appears to have a few more color ads than Popular Mechanics. I guess Science is more profitable than Mechanics.

From Tokymagic: “I bet the Evinrude outboard motor is where Disney animators got the name for the dragonfly character in The Rescuers....the one that powers the leaf/boat for Bernard and Bianca. It couldn't just be coincidence could it?” Brilliant observation!






Formica, the 50’s wonder material! My Kitchen counter has red Formica under the 70’s tile, one day I need to get it outta there!






“J-Wax” sounds like a 50’s DJ!  Safe for clear coats? I don’t think so…






Outdoor appliances include the “Blitz Burner” burns leaves, paper, garden waste and was and also available with a grill & charcoal set. Burn your trash and BBQ lunch at the same time!






Here are the first two pages of the article together so you can see the complete artwork. It really did turn out pretty much like the drawing.






And from the Fall of 1957, here’s the House of the Future at its permanent (for 10 years) home at Disneyland.






If you missed this issue of Vacationland from my October post, here it is again.


Disneyland Holiday Fall 1957 – 39mb


Thanks again to TokyoMagic for this great article!

Ford Times - September 1960

Welcome to Magazine Monday! The magazine formats just keep getting smaller on here on Magazine Monday. This issue of the “Ford Times” from September 1960 measures in at a leaflet size of 5” by 7”.

It’s an interesting little magazine and this month’s focus is the West Coast (Traveled to in a Ford of course). There are very few photos, instead most of the pictures appear to be original artwork and most of it is pretty darn good. I sure like this “1960” style of paintings.

The front cover “Maritime Day in San Francisco” is a painting by Louis Macouillard who also illustrates a super four page article on San Francisco’s Pacific Festival, that complete article follows the Disneyland article.






The table of contents and inside cover. The Old Bale Mill shown in the painting on the left is still standing today (link).






The Disneyland article is seven pages long, but the pages are so small that the scans will be shown two pages at a time. The text is by Art Linkletter and done in his usual charming and family oriented style, what a wonderful person. The paintings are by Ralph Hulett and a few of them are truly frame worthy, too bad they’re only a few inches in size!












One of the few article’s with an actual photo, The Tioga Road. I think those are photographs?






“The Pacific Festival of San Francisco”. I’ll confess to not reading this article, the artwork was so amazing it overtook the words.









There are no advertisements in the “Ford Times” so here’s a fun article about an Amphibious Pickup Camper. This thing looks really cool, the article talks about the looks you get on the water.






According to the article five have been produced by a private company. I wonder if it ever caught on.






Maybe it did catch on, here’s an advertisement from Popular Mechanics July 1961. This Ford ad shows the “Pontoon Sports Body” as a dealer option!






The back cover. I have extended family in La Porte Indiana, Hi Everyone! Check out that four digit phone number. Did you know that in 1892 La Porte Indiana became the first city in the United States to install an automatic telephone exchange? (Link).






The last couple of scans are high resolution versions of my favorite paintings in this Disneyland Set. I wonder where the originals ended up.