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Arizona Highways Magazines 1942-1959
Arizona Highways
was entirely in black and white, except for some December issues, until
1944. Some color and full-color illustrations appeared in every issue
from the late forties onward. The first issue completely in color
was December 1946. Issues used about 1/4 to 1/2 black and white photos
until the 1970s. From that point onward, issues are nearly entirely
in full color except for the occasional photos in history articles..
Painted Desert of northern Arizona, photo by Josef Muench (Arizona
Highways May 1945)
More information about Painted Desert and Petrified
Forest.
Does
size matter?
Faced with declining
subscriptions, a state budget shortfall, higher postage and a challenging
economic climate, Arizona Highways was forced to shink the size
of the magazine for June, 2008. It also replaced the plastic bag
for mailed copies with a paper cover-wrap as used in the 1970s and 80s.
And, like it used to in the 1920s, the magazine sold an advertisement placed
on the inside back cover.
So here is how
Arizona
Highways measures up:
| National Geographic August,
1912 6 7/8" X 10"
Look July 2, 1940 10 1/2" X 13 1/2" Popular Mechanics May, 1970 6 7/16" X 9 1/8" Arizona Wildlife Views July-August 2006 8 3/8" X 10 3/4" Arizona Highways December,
1937 9" X 12"
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Collier's July 3, 1937 10
3/4" X 13 1/2"
Readers Digest August, 1961 5 3/8" X 7 5/16" New Mexico Magazine March,
1959 8 1/2" X 11 1/2"
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Many people still lived and worked in Goldroad
when this photo of the mining boom town along old Route 66 west of
Kingman appeared in Arizona Highways
in the 1940s. Today, little more than ruins are left.
The business cycle and fluctuating
market prices for metals over the years have created ghost towns all
over Arizona.
Condition
of the back issues
All are dusty and a bit faded, having been stored in a garage for many
years. All are worn on the fold edge--they almost seem to come this
way new. The magazine has always been bound with center staples.
All issues are complete.
Definitions of terms and abbreviations:
"excellent" -- no defects other than reasonable signs of age
"good" -- signs of use and only minor defects
"fair" -- some defects as indicated by abbreviations below
"poor" -- serious defects, "reading copies," reduced price
Abbreviations:
cs -- cover scuffed
m -- marked or written on (usually signed by previous owner or
dated on the cover; some 1940s had no issue date on cover so owners would
add a written notation; 1944 has large magic marker dates on cover;
"m" does NOT mean scribbling or library stamps)
ss -- slightly soiled
st -- a small tear in cover or pages
wr -- wrinkled slightly due to water damage
ws -- slightly water stained
wd -- heavy water damage but pages not stuck together
Order by month and year of issue. Prices include shipping. Our lowest prices are based on the cost of postage, so some issues are priced lower if you order more than one item from this website. Limited number of copies available (mostly one each) so you might want to indicate substitutions. All 'zines are 9 inches by 12 inches size.
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"Peace of October" by Maynard Dixon (Arizona Highways September
1945)
$12
Jan. 1943 (good-st) Arizona lumber goes to war; Spanish
Amer. War, Rough Rider hero Buckey O'Neill; Sharlot M. Hall biography and
poetry; Phoenix Indian School, showing what life was like (officially)
for the children; Pipe Spring Nat'l. Monument; The Yaqui tribe of Sonora,
Mexico; White Horse Lake, with drawings of birds by Walter E. Bohl; back
cover road map (black & white) of Arizona. Entire issue black
& white.
$12
Feb. 1943 (good-ss) Buckey O'Neill, part two; Arizona State Highway
Commission; "My Trail to Hellangone" by Jonreed Lauritzen of Short Creek
(now, Colorado City, Az); US Navy pilot training for WWII at Love Field,
Prescott; Tumacacori Nat'l. Monument, old Spanish mission near Nogales;
Gambel's quail; Navajo Bridge across Marble Canyon; back cover road map
(black & white) of Arizona. Entire issue black & white.
| $12
Mar. 1943 (good-ss) Oak Creek Canyon; the Devil's Highway in desert;
Chiricauhua Nat'l. Monument; WWII military
$11 Nov. 1944 (good-m) Arizona Biltmore resort; Yuma; Navajo art (color); Superstition Mts. $11 Dec. 1944 (good-m) flower gardens; Arizona homes; Faith Baldwin at the Grand Canyon $10 Feb. 1945 (good-m) Buffalo hunting; Queen Creek Canyon highway; birds; Castle Hot Springs $11 Mar. 1945 (excellent) cowboy art (color); Salome & Dick Wick Hall; cattle ranching; rodeos $10 Jun. 1945 (good-st) Oak Creek Canyon; Flagstaff; Apache Trail highway; art $11 Jul. 1945 (excellent) Prescott Smoki dancers; northern Arizona; White Mts.; Charleston ghost town $8 Feb. 1947 (excellent) irrigation; farming, agriculture; water $8 Jun. 1947 (excellent) Lee's Ferry across Colorado River; northern Arizona; trout stocking & fishing |
Chief Tweaquaptewa painting Hopi Katchina dolls (Arizona Highways July 1947) |
| $5
Apr. 1949 (fair-wd) Lake Havasu; Salome; Central
Arizona
Project canals; art $5 Jun. 1949 (good-ss) John Hance at Grand Canyon; Oak Creek Canyon; Verde railroad; Emory expedition $8 Oct. 1949 (excellent) Frank Lloyd Wright-Taliesin West; Verde River; raising sheep $5 Dec. 1949 (good-cs) all-color tour of northern Arizona; cactus blossoms in color $5 Jan. 1950 (good-cs) Douglas; wild flowers; Bill Williams Mt. skiing $7 Apr. 1950 (excellent) Boulder (Hoover) Dam; Cave Creek near Phoenix; Grand Canyon $7 Aug. 1950 (excellent) The Navajo; climbing Agathlan Peak $5 Sep. 1951 (fair-stapled-dog-eared) Tombstone; Willcox; Arizona cowboys $5 Jun. 1952 (good-cs) Huachuca Mts.; Grand Canyon; Ansel Adams photos; southwest Arboretum $5 ($2 if ordering more than one item) Mar. 1953 (fair-wd) photos of clouds; Arizona Boys Chorus; Harry Oliver's Desert Rat Scrapbook (Calif.) $5 ($1 if ordering more than 1 item) Sep. 1953 (poor-wd) Lewis W. Douglas-Phelps Dodge; autumn color; battleship USS Arizona |
Foxboro Lake south of Flagstaff, photo by A. A. Berluti (Arizona Highways June 1954) |
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