Title: Better Homes and Gardens
Type: Monthly Publication Magazine
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Tagline: The Idea Magazine For Better Homes and Families
Release Date: March 1970
Volume: 53
Issue Number: 4
Color: Yes
Era: Post-Modernism
Style: Vintage, 1970's
Size: Large Edition
Theme: American, Nostalgia
Magazine Size: 9 1/2" x 12 1/2"
Magazine Type: Soft Cover
Number of Pages: 138 pages
Headlines:
- Small scale gardens: What to plant with what
- Medical tests that can save your life
- Window treatments that don't cost a bundle
- Three cheerful kitchens with ideas you'll love
- 14 Great recipes for your own garden-fresh food
- What a difference just a rug can make!
- Projects: A storage shed/ greenhouse you can build
- Alaska: A family travel adventure in the pioneer spirit
COVER: photograph by de Gennaro
Table of Contents:
BUILDING
- 16 - Can you save with a heat pump?
- 68 - How to get the house you want
PROJECTS
- 54 - A do-it-yourself storehouse/greenhouse or what have you
- 56 - Projects: build your own seating
FOOD
- 32 - He cooks: Mayetta's chili
- 84 - Fresh food
- 92 - Win money for your recipes
- 97 - Prize tested recipes: Fancy roasts/ Frozen salads
- 107 - Country dinner
- 108 - How to read nutrition labels
EQUIPMENT
- 14 - Kitchen collections
- 46 - Pantry pointers
- 74 - Sunny-side up kitchens
- 112 - Four good kitchen desks
PETS
- 116 - How to housebreak your pup
FAMILY TRAVEL
- 119 - Alaska: a family travel adventure in the pioneer spirit
FAMILY HEALTH
- 20 - Medical tests: what do they tell you?
GARDEN
- 40 - Houseplant how-to
- 76 - Small-scale gardening
- 114 - Gardening in April
FAMILY MONEY MANAGEMENT- 6 - Are there pitfalls in condominiums?
- 6 - Some professional tips on how to find a job
CARS IN YOUR FAMILY
- 36 - Will a thief peddle your bike?
- 44 - A new switch in tire rotation?
- 50 - How safe is that motorcycle?
DECORATING
- 24 - Upholstery how-to: redoing a simple chair
- 52 - Changing the scene with carpets and rugs
CRAFTS
- 42 - Sewing with elastic
- 58 - No-sew window treatments
- 90 - April sewing special: dirndl dresses
FAMILY GROOMING
- 26 - Hair removal: facts you should know
NEWS AND SHOPPING
- 60 - Good news
- 115 - How to order material from the magazine
- 125 - Shopping editor's choice; for shopping information on products show in this issue
CONTRIBUTORS:
- James A. Autry / Myles Callum / Bill Yates / Duane L. Gregg / George Bush / Doris Eby / Joan McCloskey / Nancy Byal / Sally P. Torpey / Nancy Hopkins / Noel Seney / Hamilton Mason / Beverly Garrett / Stephen Mead / David R. Haupert / Russell O'Harra / Richard W. Jones / Elizabeth Craster / Shirley Van Zante / Robert E. Dittmer / David Ashe / Pamela Wilson Cullison / Margo Garrity / Gerald Knox / Margaret Daly / Douglas M. Lidster / Gordon Greer / Tony Swan / Kate Keating / Nancy Lindemeyer / Ciba Vaughan / Rebecca Johnston / Neil Kuehnl / Richard W. Royer / Robert A. Dickelman / Mary Ann Robertson / Katie Norris / C. Ray Deaton / Gerald Preator / Ernest Shelton / Robert C. Furstenau / John Caswell / Bryan E. McCay / Ray Woods / Margaret McMahon / Carol Bassin Helms / Leslie Colcord / Ann Lively / Elizabeth Gilrain / Jessie Walker / Marion Viall / Terry Wadle / Lue Calkins / Jim Hirsheimer / Wayne A. Miller / Jack D. Rehm / Fred Stines / James A. Autry / James R. Narber / Robert E. Gerhardt / Jack D. Rehm / J. Wesley Silk / E.T. Meredith III / Robert A. Burnett / H.Y. Engeldinger / Wayne A. Miller / John Gregg / James Conley / Frank Furbush / Donald L. Arnold / Jack Barlass / Walter Voss / James A. Riggs / William H. Straw / Dean Ankrum / Gerald D. Thorton / Thomas G. Fisher
Origin: Des Moines, Iowa (IA)
Country: Printed in the U.S.A. | United States | USA
Condition: Good (item shows some tears on the lower front corner and on the back cover--please see photos!)
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