Picturegoer — Week ending 23 January 1943
Judy Garland cover
A wartime Picturegoer dated 23 January 1943 with Judy Garland on the colour cover. Its supplied pages form an unusually concentrated wartime document: a National Savings Committee appeal centred on a Spitfire pilot and sacrifice, a Ministry of Health diphtheria immunisation campaign, ‘Girls in Air Force Blue’ advertising imagery, and film journalism on Esther Williams and William Bendix.
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- Picturegoer
- Condition
- Good to Very Good for a wartime issue, ungraded. Strong colour and highly presentable Judy Garland cover, with general edge and spine wear, light surface marks, small creases and minor corner losses. Rear and interior pages show expected age toning and edge wear but remain clear and legible.
- Completeness
- Assumed complete under standing TMR magazine rule unless owner states otherwise. Front cover, rear page and representative interior spread supplied; no page-by-page collation performed.
- Date
- Week ending 23 January 1943
Catalogue note
A wartime Picturegoer dated 23 January 1943 with Judy Garland on the colour cover. Its supplied pages form an unusually concentrated wartime document: a National Savings Committee appeal centred on a Spitfire pilot and sacrifice, a Ministry of Health diphtheria immunisation campaign, ‘Girls in Air Force Blue’ advertising imagery, and film journalism on Esther Williams and William Bendix.
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Archive Importance: 9.2 / 10 · Gold Star.
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