On March 4, 1974, actress Mia Farrow from The Great Gatsby
graced the cover of the inaugural issue of People, a weekly
celebrity and human interest magazine spotlighting the
personal lives of notable and intriguing people. People
remains one of America’s best-selling weeklies.
The magazine has earned respect for its refusal, unlike
tabloids, to publish unsubstantiated rumors.
On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first published
a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life”
and targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men of
affairs as well as the belle.”
As a product of the Gilded Age, Vogue has chronicled and
influenced high society, fashion and culture ever since.
Publisher Condé Nast purchased Vogue in 1905, changing it
to focus almost entirely on women and fashion and creating
the first of its international editions (there are now over 20).
The magazine has remained popular and relevant ever since,
regularly featuring the work of world-famous models, writers
and photographers.
Arthur Baldwin Turnure(1856–1906)
Vogue, November 2024.
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.
While the Gazette ceased publication in 1800, ten years after
Franklin’s death, the Post links its history to the original
magazine.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790)
Melvin Emery Patton (November 16, 1924 – May 9, 2014) was an
American sprinter, who set the world record of 9.2 seconds in
the 100 yard dash in 1948. He also set a 220 yd. world record
in 1949 on a straightaway of 20.2, breaking the record held by
Jesse Owens.
Patton won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He
was ranked first in the world in the 100 m and 200 m events in
1947 and 1949.
Patton was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of
Fame in 1985, and died in Fallbrook, California.
Cover of the first issue of Good Housekeeping.
On May 2, 1885, Good Housekeeping magazine debuted in
Holyoke, Massachusetts with this bold stated mission: “To
produce and perpetuate perfection—or as near unto
perfection as may be attained in the household.” And
an American institution begins, with a place in the
Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
Clark W. Bryan (1824 – 1899) Publisher
Cover from August 1908.
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