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Original Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Magazine Section - Seattle Post Intelligencer; Large folio; 24 pages; Unmarked and complete with one short closed tear at top of spine. Vintage magazine printed on newsprint stock (c. 11" x 16"). Wonderful color illustration on the cover by Stan Ekman of a young girls cutting out Valentine card hearts. Great color ads and illustrations throughout, including Webster's New World Dictionary, Palmolive Soap, Vel Dishwashing Soap, Swift's Premium Bacon, Ritz Crackers, Florist Telegraph Delivery, Bird's Eye Green Beans, etc. In addition to the Leo Durocher piece, articles include Dali's Exploding Angel by David Camelon; Is it ever Proper to Make Up in Public by Emily Post ; The Girl Lincoln Could Never Forget by Irving Stone; Before You Build that Dream House by Jule von Sternberg; How to "Watch the Birdie" by Sally Young; Ten Mistakes Grandparents Make by Charles Curtis; etc. The artist who did the cover art - Stan Ekman (1913 â" 1998) was born in Chicago and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he exhibited in 1944. He began his career, at age twenty-four by designing the American Airlines logo--the double A's and the eagle. Leaning toward sophisticated humorous illustrations, Ekman's iconic mid-century works ran in "The Saturday Evening Post" and numerous other periodicals. In the 1970s he moved to the Southwest where his artwork extended to western themes and landscapes.…