FLASH : THE PICTURE DIGEST, VOLUME I, NO. 1 SEPTEMBER 1950
New York: Andrews Associates, Inc., 1950. Volume I, No. 1. Very first issue. Paperback. Digest size paperback magazine (7 1.4 in. x 5 in.). A mildly cheesecakey magazine with articles, photographs that span all interests. Some fading to front panel, shelfwear, and thumbing to corners, and several small closed tears in cheap paper. Good. Item #86987
Fascinating photographs and articles including the boxing match between Jake La Motta and Tiberio Mitri on one page, and opposite it, a photo of the two boxers' wives, sitting together, watching the brutal match; U.S. vs. Russian Airpower; Girl's Club on the Seine; and a rare article on Alcoholism: The Road Back describing New York City Welfare's Bureau of Alcoholic Therapy and its "Bridge House" headed up by Edward J. McGoldrick, a former alcoholic himself. An 18-bed facility which teaches "excessive drinkers to cure themselves"; Tennis Pro beauty Gussie Moran; Warren Lee's prizewinning but horrifying photograph of a street execution in Shanghai; Old Automobiles; an article on "DP's" (Displaced Persons) finding a home in the United States; a section on dancing (including Jitterbugging); an photo spread on latter-day fabrication of Leonardo DaVinci's then-futuristic machines; the cheesecake section featuring Corinne Calvet; a piece on bee venom's medicinal uses; photostories on baseball; on animal life, and a series entitled "Industrial Images", especially a section on the industrial creation of golf balls. And some cute babies to conclude this very first isue.
Price: $50.00