She (vintage pocket magazine, Aug 1956)
Sigmund, Charles, and Steve O'Connor (editors); Jack Newman (art director)
New York: Dodshaw Publishing Corporation, 1956. V1 N1, August 1956, premier issue. Vintage pocket-sized digest magazine devoted to news, culture, celebrity, sports, and more. This issue focuses on "girl watching" across the US & Mexico, highlighting beaches, mountains, islands, splattering images of bikini pinups throughout. "She" would become digest magazine, still, short-lived title.
Uncredited blonde cover girl. Locations featured: Florida, New England, Great Lakes, Catskill Mountains, Gulf Coast, Las Vegas, Mid-Atlantic, Rocky Mountains, West Coast, Mexico. Notably models include Betty Brosmer (ad), Laurette Luez (presumed), stripper Kalantan in bikini, Iris Maxwell, Eve Meyer as representative of San Francisco, Dolly Fleck, & several uncredited models. Frederick's of Hollywood ad rear inside. B/W throughout, 66pp, 4 x 5.5 inches.
Very Good, rust, short creases, foxing.
Alan Betrock, "The Illustrated Price Guide to Cult Magazines," 1994. [Book ID 125967] [Magazines]