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Rare Vintage Jan 1942 WWII Era SKI ILLUSTRATED Magazine (V.6 #3) Otto Lang Sun Valley Cover
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Issue comes in plastic
Packed and shipped with care
From the Intl. Skiing History Foundation: In 1935 Seattle native Al Nydin had the idea for a magazine about skiing. Until that time most ski periodicals and annuals were association-published. In publishing America’s first independent, commercial magazine, Nydin used the title SKI. The first issue appeared in January 1936. For a long time it was speculated that no surviving copies of the premier issue of SKI Magazine were in existence. But Seattle ski historian Kirby Gilbert has a copy, which he scanned for the International Skiing History Association’s website, www.skiinghistory.org. SKI was renamed Ski Illlustrated, moved to New York City at the time World War II broke out, and was resuscitated in 1948 in Hanover, NH by publisher William Eldred, who combined Ski Illustrated, Western Skiing, and Ski News under the present title SKI Magazine.
This is one of the last issues before the pause in printing. It is extremely rare. Some other issues have been sold, but there is no record we can find of this one even being up for sale.
We will entertain reasonable offers, but this is a true gem and will likely sell soon.
We are also happy to answer any questions.
