Ken Ford
To see all the vintage magazines I've collected before 2015 please visit my original website at www.kenford.me.uk/page30
2015/16 ACQUISITIONS
RAILWAY GAZETTE
I have collected these Railway Gazette magazines from 1943 and 1944 because my Uncle, Geoff Ford, had railway cartoons published in them. A collection of them can be seen in this video.
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
L'ILLUSTRATION
Here are two more editions of this stylish French magazine (there are already three on my original website). The 'Automobile et Tourisme' is from 1936 and the 'Royal Visit to France' is from 1938.
To see adverts from these magazines go to:
LEFT: Three special editions from the 1930s featuring King George V's Silver Jubilee and King George VI's Accession.
BELOW LEFT: Three Christmas Numbers from the late 1940s and early 1950s.
BELOW: The 150th Anniversary Issue.
60 YEARS OF LIFE
2017/18 ACQUISITIONS
This year I acquired four more editions of L'ILLUSTRATION and they can be found on the EXHIBITIONS page HERE.
Also new in 2017 were two copies of Picture Post that use the same cover picture as the first edition that is on my original website. I repeat it here to go with the tenth anniversary issue in 1948 and the final edition in 1957.
Below are two copies of Ideal Home from 1953 and 1957
A 1931 edition of L'ILLUSTRATION