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10,000 Lakes Golfer
« on: October 16, 2008, 02:32:50 PM »
I was just reading over pdfs of the first few issues of 10,000 Lakes Golfer and Outdoor magazine, which made its debut in June of 1927, covering Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and Montana. A real well-written, sharp magazine. A note in the 3rd issues states the editor, Donald P. Whitney, was killed in a car accident.

Any idea how long this publication lasted and if there are back issues on microfilm or digitized anywhere?

Thanks for your assistance.

Anthony

Phil McDade

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Re: 10,000 Lakes Golfer
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2008, 03:09:57 PM »
Anthony:

I don't know if the Minnesota Historical Society would have something like this, but I know the one here in Wisconsin collects all sorts of semi-obscure publications. Maybe a place to start......

http://www.mnhs.org/index.htm

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ANTHONYPIOPPI

Re: 10,000 Lakes Golfer
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2008, 03:54:19 PM »
Thanks for the tips. Found on the Minnesota Historical Society website there was also a magazine called  Golfer and Sportsman that was published and edited by a woman.

Anthony


Golfer and Sportsman magazine was a monthly periodical published and edited by Virginia Safford in Minneapolis, primarily covering the social scene in the western suburbs of Minneapolis but including St. Paul and other parts of the state as well. In the mid-1930s the subscription rate was $1.00 per year or 15 cents per issue; it was worth every penny and more. This misnamed periodical is a terrific resource overflowing with material of interest to a wide range of researchers.

Regular columns appear on topics including fashion, arts and culture, product reviews (named “Hello &Good Buys”), a monthly calendar (entitled “What Shall We Do?”), and a variety of sports. Sports included hockey, basketball, polo, fishing, canoeing, and figure skating–most with great close-up photos of local stars and famous visitors. The “Home of the Month” column features residences of the movers and shakers across the state, replete with photographs and descriptions touting interior design innovations and accompanied by tidbits about the designers and architects.

Other topics with regular coverage included card games, business and Wall Street, travel, book reviews, summer camp advertisements, pets and their owners, and where to stay, dine, drink and dance the night away. Frequent articles or biographies appear by Brenda Ueland and Grace Flandrau. nash-ad-res.jpgThe photographs of young debutantes, beaming brides, and men & women engaging in activities of a “sporty” nature are wonderful portraits of an era.

The advertisements illuminate and illustrate activities including home decorating, where to buy furnishings, and where to get the most fashionable clothes-from hats to suits to shoes. In issues from 1935-36 alone we find a full color advertisement for the Minnesota invented Toastmaster “pop-up” toaster (see below) and advertisements featuring Minneapolis dressmaker Agnes Reed’s embroidered suits and dresses. Many ads are personalized like those of local celebs drinking Nash coffee in various settings. Others simply encourage you to eat at the Chinese Restaurant YUEN FALUNG LOW also known as “John’s Place”, to buy furniture at Wm. A. French Studios, Inc., or fly to exotic places via Northwest Airlines.

The Minnesota Historical Society library holds an incomplete run of Golfer and Sportsman magazine ranging in date from January 1933 - February 1943 and another set from October 1946 - October 1949. Resources such as this gem of social history are rich in advertisements, imagery, and monthly essays that enable us to better contextualize the objects, art, and printed materials already held by or sought for the Society’s collections.

Dan Kelly

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Re: 10,000 Lakes Golfer
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2008, 05:41:02 PM »
Thanks for the tips. Found on the Minnesota Historical Society website there was also a magazine called  Golfer and Sportsman that was published and edited by a woman.


I have one copy of Golfer and Sportsman somewhere at home -- because that issue featured an article about a University of Minnesota football player (Bill Daley, if I remember right; cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Daley_(American_football) ) who was dating the pretty young woman who turned out to be my mother.

If you want me to find it and copy it for you, just IM me.
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Re: 10,000 Lakes Golfer
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2008, 09:47:37 AM »
Turns out the New York Public Library has the complete collection of 10,000 Lakes Golfer and the Minnesota Historical Society has many issues of Golfer and Sportsmen. I can't wait to check them out.

Anthony

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