Hue was a monthly celebrity and gossip magazine published in the 1950s by Johnson Publishing, the publishers of
Jet and
Ebony. It was digest-sized like
Jet, but unlike that magazine
Hue featured full-color covers and had a back cover often used to highlight aspiring actresses and models.
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Hue magazine covers in the 1950s |
The covers tended to be a mix of celebrities and models, generally all women, with the exception of the occasional male star.
Here is a set Hue magazine covers that featured classic beauties in the 1950s.
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Lena Horne, Hue magazine, December 1953 |
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Ballerina Carmen DeLavallade, Hue magazine, June 30, 1954 |
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Black Dancer Paulette Easley, Hue Magazine, July 28, 1954 |
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Do Athletes Make Good Husbands, Mrs. Johnny Bratton Responds, Hue magazine, November 1954 |
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Glamorous Twins, Vivian and Hilda Brown, Hue magazine, August 1954 |
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Joan Bunche, Daughter of Dr. Ralph Bunche, Hue magazine, April 1954 |
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Joyce Bryant, One of the Wicked Women of Show Business, Hue magazine, June 2, 1954 |
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Lady Redcap, Damita Jo, Hue magazine, May 19, 1954 |
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Mary Smith and What Makes Sex Appeal, Hue magazine, April 21, 1954 |
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Men Who Sell Sex, Hue magazine, March 1954 |
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Mink for Summer, Hue magazine, September 1954 |
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The Unknown Hilda Simms, Hue magazine, January 1954 |
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Vera Francis, Bad Girl of Show Business, Hue Magazine, July 14, 1954 |
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Barbara Jacquet, One of America's Most Pampered Women, Hue magazine, May 1955 |
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Beauty Queen Runner-Up, Dolores Grigsby, Hue magazine, October 1955 |
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Jeanne Limyou, Hue magazine, February 1955 |
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Maggie Rutherford, Covergirl, Hue magazine, October 1955 |
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Pauline Green, Shapely Chicago housewife, Hue magazine, April 1955 |
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Secrets Eartha Kitt Will Tell In Her Book, Hue magazine, March 1955 |
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Why New York Models Like Carole Preston Get All the Breaks, Hue magazine, November 1955 |
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German Girls Who Want To Marry Negroes, Hue magazine, May 1956 |
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Hollywood’s Highest Paid Bit Actress, Hue magazine, November 1956 |
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Diahann Carroll, A Star On The Rise, Hue magazine, February 1958 |
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Shirley Mereday, Harlem Transit Queen, Hue magazine, July 1958 |
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The Many Sides of Pearl Bailey, Hue magazine, December 1958 |
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Johnnie Moon Graces, Hue magazine, January 1959 |
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