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Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, November (Nov.) 15, 1947: The United Nations (U.N.) - Biggest Show on Earth
84 pages. Features: Nice one-page photo ad for Ipana tooth paste features model Mrs. Frances Nalle Crider and her two children; Page 4 provides a valuable history of this publication with a photo of founder Lieut-Col. John Bayne Maclean and Horace T. Hunter; Nice one-page ad for Canadian General Electric Radios; One-page illustrated ad for The Coffield Washer Company Limited of Hamilton, Ontario presents their laundry equipment; Where's the Money Go? - the facts and figures of who's cashing in on the post-war price jumps; Nice photo and write-up of Montreal vocalist Pierrette Alarie; Biggest Show on Earth - early article on the United Nations by Pierre Berton - with photo of the General Assembly in its initial Flushing location on Long Island; Leave the Song to Me (fiction); When a Princess Marries - looking forward of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Lieut. Philip Mountbatten; Toronto? E-r, u-h - an adopted son finds some odd skeletons in her closet; Photo of A.V. Roe employees (Avromen) with the first Canadian jet engine; Born Out of Wedlock - each year 12,000 illegitimate Canadian babies are born into a world of adoption rackets, orphanages, legal tangles and shame - article with photo of four children (whose eyes are whited out for confidentiality); One-page colour ad for Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup; Love Me, Love My Doghouse (fiction); Peace on a Dark Knight - the first peace treaty after WWII comes into effect, and peace came to Italy across a barbed wire fence; Sea-borne Shantytown - photo-illustrated article on Vancouver's 1,800 tax-free float town houseboat colonists; Jack of Diamonds - The fabulous story of Jack Williamson, diamond hunter from Quebec who found a fortune in Africa under a stalled car; Two Women (fiction about a love triangle); Can They Read Your Mind? - interesting article on telepathy with photos; Classy one-page colour ad for Snyder's Living Room Furniture, of Waterloo, ON and Montreal; Half-page colour ad for Ganong's Chocolates; Nice one-page colour ad for Heinz Baby Foods was intended to be shipped out and folded into a 4-page booklet; Cream of Wheat ad features Li'l Abner; Castoria laxative ad with photo of 'peevish' child and mother; Excllent two-page vintage colour ad for Chevrolet Trucks features seven great illustrations; Nice colour ad for Frigidaire appliances; Two-page black and white Buick ad; Polident ad shows man with 'denture breath'; Vintage British Columbia (B.C.) Packers half-page colour ad for their new Rupert Brand Fish Fillets; Interesting ad for Kraft's pimento cheese spread; Great one-page colour ad for General Steel Wares highights founder John McClary and the subsequent history of their McLary and GSW products; Old Dutch colour ad shows husband in apron trying to wash dishes; Deilcraft furniture ad; Photo of Lovely Joan Greenwood in Kleenex ad; Westinghouse fridge and range ads; Photo of Dick Haymes in Auto-Lite battery ad; Nice colour Waterman's pen ad with Christmas theme; Half-page orange and black Aunt Jemima pancake mix ad; Attractive back cover colour ad for B.C. Apples; and more. Front cover barely holding. Back cover loose but present. A worthy copy of this precious vintage issue. Book
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