r/VintagePeriodicals

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Fabulous Las Vegas was a mid-century entertainment periodical devoted to the rapidly developing resort city of Las Vegas, with issues documented as early as the 1950s, including 1956–59. Published in a period when Las Vegas was emerging as America’s gambling and entertainment capital, the magazine covered the city’s casinos, nightlife, performers, restaurants, social life, and attractions, offering a colorful contemporary view of the Strip and its culture. Its surviving issues are now an especially useful record of the glamorous, celebrity-driven Las Vegas of the 1950s.

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Rudi Gernreich fashions on the cover and inside. Gernreich photo shoot location Watts Towers in LA.

MAN magazine was a popular American men’s adventure magazine published from 1952 until the mid-1970s, reaching its peak during the 1950s and 1960s. Known for its eye-catching painted covers featuring glamorous women, daring exploits, and dramatic scenes, the magazine blended fiction, true-crime stories, military adventures, humor, pin-up photography, and articles on sports, travel, and popular culture. Unlike later adult men’s magazines such as Playboy, MAN focused more on action-oriented entertainment with only modestly risqué content by modern standards. Its bold artwork and sensational headlines made it a staple on American newsstands and reflected the changing tastes and ideals of postwar masculinity before the genre declined in the 1970s.

ILLUSTRATED was a British weekly news and pictorial magazine published from 1934 to 2003. It was renowned for its extensive use of high-quality photography, covering world events, royalty, politics, entertainment, sports, and everyday life in a visually engaging format. During its mid-20th-century peak, Illustrated became one of Britain's leading photo magazines, offering readers a richly illustrated record of major historical events and popular culture before gradually declining with the rise of television and changing media habits.