Post: The Saturday Evening Post December 14, 1963 (236th Year, Issue No. 44); In Memoriam A Senseless Tragedy John F, Kennedy 1917-63

Published by The Curtis Publishing Company/The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia, 1963

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84 pages, plus covers. Cover illustration is a full face image of President John F. Kennedy drawn by Norman Rockwell. Illustrations (some in/with color). Cover has some wear, soiling and a mailing label. A few pages have minor edge tears. This commemorative issue contains articles by Ralph McGill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Stewart Alsop, Jimmy Breslin, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Earl Mazo, and Lewis Lapham. Among the other topics addressed include Hate, Presidential transition, Lyndon Johnson, Republican Party, Muscular Dystrophy, Coach, Milt Kamen, and Gold. This vintage December 14th, 1963 issue of POST Magazine is a must-have for collectors and history enthusiasts alike. Featuring the iconic illustration work of Norman Rockwell, this issue is dedicated to remembering the tragic loss of JFK. The issue includes articles covering various aspects of the tragedy and its aftermath, along with the usual features of the Saturday Evening Post. The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine, currently published six times a year. It was published weekly from 1897 until 1963, and then every other week until 1969. From the 1920s to the 1960s, it was one of the most widely circulated and influential magazines among the American middle class, with fiction, non-fiction, cartoons and features that reached two million homes every week. In the 1960s, the magazine's readership began to decline. In 1969, The Saturday Evening Post folded for two years before being revived as a quarterly publication with an emphasis on medical articles in 1971. As of the late 2000s, The Saturday Evening Post is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which purchased the magazine in 1982. The magazine was redesigned in 2013. The Saturday Evening Post was first published in 1821 in the same printing shop at 53 Market Street in Philadelphia, where the Benjamin Franklin-founded Pennsylvania Gazette was published in the 18th century. The Post links its history to the original magazine. Cyrus H. K. Curtis, publisher of the Ladies' Home Journal, bought the Post for $1,000 in 1897. Under the ownership of the Curtis Publishing Company, the Post grew to become the most widely circulated weekly magazine in the United States. The magazine gained prominent status under the leadership of its longtime editor George Horace Lorimer (1899–1937). The Saturday Evening Post published current event articles, editorials, human interest pieces, humor, illustrations, a letter column, poetry with contributions submitted by readers, single-panel gag cartoons, including Hazel by Ted Key, and stories by leading writers of the time. It was known for commissioning lavish illustrations and original works of fiction. Illustrations were featured on the cover and embedded in stories and advertising. Today the Post is published six times a year by the Saturday Evening Post Society, which claims 501(c)(3) non-profit organization status. With the January/February 2013 issue, the Post launched a major makeover of the publication, including a new cover design and efforts to increase the magazine's profile, in response to a general public misbelief that it was no longer in existence. The magazine's new logo is an update of a logo it had used beginning in 1942. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. …

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Title
Post: The Saturday Evening Post December 14, 1963 (236th Year, Issue No. 44); In Memoriam A Senseless Tragedy John F, Kennedy 1917-63
Author
Blair Jr., Clay (Editor)
Publisher
The Curtis Publishing Company/The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia
Publication year
1963
Condition
Good
Binding
Staplebound
Edition
1st Edition
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