The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. LXXIV, No. 1, July, 1938

Washington DC: The National Geographic Society, 1938. Presumed First Edition/First Printing thus. Wraps. [16 pages of advertisements--some with color], pages 1-140, [and 8 pages of advertisements]. Illustrations (with many in full color. Maps. Includes a Map of the Capital City and Environs laid in. Cover has some wear, a scuff and is slightly soiled. National Geographic is the official magazine of the National Geographic Society. It has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888, nine months after the Society itself was founded. It primarily contains articles about geography, history, and world culture. The magazine is known for its extensive use of dramatic photographs. The magazine is published monthly, and additional map supplements are also included with subscriptions. On occasion, special editions of the magazine are issued. The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published on September 22, 1888, nine months after the Society was founded. Starting with its January 1905 publication of several full-page pictures of Tibet in 1900–1901, the magazine changed from being a text-oriented publication closer to a scientific journal to featuring extensive pictorial content, and became well known for this style. John Hyde was the first editor. This issue includes: Roads from Washington with 27 illustrations by John Patric; Spring's Bouquets Deck the Capital with 10 Natural Color photographs by Harrison Howell Walker; Tri-State Medley with 10 Natural Color Photographs by Willard R. Culver; Pennsylvania Dutch--In a Land of Milk and Honey with 10 Natural Color photographs by J. Baylor Roberts; The Society's Map of Reaches of the Nation's Capital; Pilgrims Still Stop at Plymouth with 19 illustrations by Maynard Owen Williams; Over the Roof of Our Continent with 17 illustrations in Duotone and Map by Bradford Washburn; Guam--Perch of the China Clippers with 24 illustrations by Margaret M. Higgins; and Men-Birds Soar on Boiling Air with 15 illustrations by Frederick G. Vosburgh. Condition: Good.

Keywords: National Geographic, Washington, Capital City, Roads, Flowers, Bouquets, John Patric, Harrison Howell Walker, Tri-State, Willard Culver; Pennsylvania Dutch, Milk, Honey, Baylor Roberts, Map, Pilgrim, Plymouth, Maynard Owen Williams, Aerial Photograph

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