Redbook is an American women’s magazine that is published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the “Seven Sisters”, a group of women’s service magazines. It ceased print publication as of January 2019 and now operates an article-comprised website (redbookmag.com).
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| covers of Redbook magazine in the early 20th century |
The magazine was first published in May 1903 as The Red Book Illustrated by Stumer, Rosenthal and Eckstein, a firm of Chicago retail merchants. The name was changed to The Red Book Magazine shortly thereafter. In the summer of 1929, the magazine was bought by McCall Corporation, which changed the name to Redbook.
Redbook’s articles are primarily targeted towards married women. The magazine features stories about women dealing with modern hardships, aspiring for intellectual growth, and encouraging other women to work together for humanitarian causes. The magazine profiles successful women to provide inspirational testimonies and advice on life.
Here below is a set of amazing photos that shows covers of Redbook magazine from between the 1900s and 1930s.
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| Redbook cover, September 1905 |
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| Redbook cover, December 1907 |
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| Redbook cover, June 1908 |
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| Redbook cover, June 1910 |
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| Redbook cover, April 1912 |
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| Redbook cover, October 1912 |
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| Redbook cover, August 1920 |
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| Redbook cover, January 1921 |
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| Redbook cover, October 1921 |
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| Redbook cover, December 1926 |
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| Redbook cover, May 1928 |
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| Redbook cover, June 1929 |
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| Redbook cover, March 1930 |
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| Redbook cover, October 1930 |
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| Redbook cover, April 1931 |
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| Redbook cover, November 1931 |
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| Redbook cover, October 1931 |
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| Redbook cover, December 1932 |
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| Redbook cover, July 1932 |
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| Redbook cover, November 1932 |
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| Redbook cover, October 1932 |
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| Redbook cover, April 1933 |
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| Redbook cover, December 1933 |
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| Redbook cover, June 1933 |
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| Redbook cover, March 1933 |
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| Redbook cover, November 1933 |
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| Redbook cover, October 1933 |
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| Redbook cover, September 1933 |
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| Redbook cover, April 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, December 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, February 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, January 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, July 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, May 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, November 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, October 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, September 1934 |
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| Redbook cover, February 1935 |
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| Redbook cover, July 1935 |
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| Redbook cover, August 1936 |
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| Redbook cover, December 1936 |
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| Redbook cover, June 1936 |
I have the cover listed here as June 1929 (bearing some resemblance to Amelia Earhart) without the white cutout lower right describing 2 articles but rather with headings of other stories on the red backdrop with the 25 cent price top left and dated at the top as April 1929. The one I have may be an actual cover, didn't know as it's been matted died to cut it the left edge so nothing closer to margin than the word cents is visible and to the right nothing past "will forg" and cuts bottom off below the word "An" I'd be happy to send you a pic of what's visible of it under the glass and matting
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