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*"GOSSIP MAGAZINES"*
On l lighter note, for a lack of better terminology, these "Gossip Magazines" or "Rags" give a brief glimpse into a different side of Wright's life. It highlights his "celebrity status".

FOCUS PEOPLE TODAY PICTURE WEEK QUICK SCAMP SWANK TEMPO UNCENSORED

FOCUS

	Date: 1953 Publication: Focus - December 9, 1953 Author: Anonymous Description: Frank Lloyd Wright Talks: "...Cramped Boxes ...Like Coffins" Size: Pages: Pp 34-37 S#: 0987.01.0202



PEOPLE TODAY

	Date: 1953 Publication: People Today - November 4, 1953 (Published is published bi-weekly by Hillman Periodicals Inc., New York) Author: Anonymous Description: People VS People. Architect Frank Lloyd Wright: "It was useless giving women the vote. They always vote as their husbands do." Tex McCrary: "Frank Lloyd Wright is on he other side of every argument." Includes one portrait of Wright. Original cover price 10c. Size: 4 x 6 Pages: P 49 S#: 0987.40.0611

	Date: 1954 Publication: People Today - January 13, 1954 Author: Anonymous Description: Quote and portrait of Wright Size: Pages: P 43 S#: 1045.03.0203

	Date: 1954 Publication: People Today - August 25, 1954 Author: Anonymous Description: Quote and portrait of Wright Size: Pages: P 21 S#: 1045.01.0103

	Date: 1955 Publication: People Today - January 26, 1955 Author: Anonymous Description: "Mold it Yourself" - Usonian homes Size: Pages: Pp 27-29 S#: 1079.01.0402

	Date: 1959 Title: People Today - November 1959 (Published is published monthly by P. T. Publications, Inc., New York) Author: Anonymous Description: �Wight Angles. Seeing may he believing, but New York's new Guggenheim Museum � designed by the late famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright � can play tricks on anyone's eye-sight. It's been described as a silo, a space ship, an up-side-down cereal dish, a pie and a hat. But whatever it is called, it is a monument to a great man's imagination and ability.� Includes two photographs of the Guggenheim Museum. Original cover price 15c. Size: 4 x 5.6 Pages: Pp 11 S#: 1377.149.0323

PICTURE WEEK

	Date: 1956 Publication: Picture Week - January 17,1956 Author: Anonymous Description: Five Minutes with Frank Lloyd Wright Size: Pages: Pp 14-16 S#: 1147.02.0403

QUICK

	Date: 1953 Publication: Quick - May 25, 1953 Author: Anonymous Description: What they are saying. Photo and Wright quoting Churchill. Size: Pages: P 26 S#: 0987.05.0404

SCAMP

	Date: 1959 Publication: Scamp - January 1959 Author: Schreiner, Harry Description: How to have a ball at Eighty. Size: Pages: Pp 30-31, 64, 66 S#: 1377.04.0604



SWANK MAGAZINE

	Date: 1957 Title: Swank Magazine - February 1957 (Published by Male Publishing Corp, New York) Author: Anonymous Description: Swank Dines Out With Frank Lloyd Wright. The Place: Wisconsin. The Topic: Knocking the Sub out of suburbs. Wonderful to meet you, Mr. Wright. I�ve been admiring your house. You call it Taleisin (sic), don't you ? A. Yes, that's right. Fine to see you. Sit down, sit down. I suppose you had to let yourself in? Q. Well, as a matter of fact I did. There didn't seem to be anyone about. A. I have a secretary, but he's so important that he can never be around to show people in. He's an artist you know. Knows nothing about architecture. No artist does. Closest thing to it is Music; tones and harmony... Q. Hey, look up there! Do you know that you've got hornet's nests on your ceiling? A. They're old ones. I don't think they're in use this year. Q. Well, I see two up there now. See him coming out? A. Oh, they've always been very friendly. Q. I think you've compared modern cities to insect hives, haven't you? A. Well, I may have. Actually, they're a good deal worse. Hives are fine for insects, they're not so fine for people. But the city has already begun to destroy itself. I'll go along with the city for another 50 years... Includes one illustration. Original cover price 35c. Size: 8.5 x 11 Pages: Pp 6, 70 S#: 1205.139.0624

TEMPO

	Date: 1956 Title: Tempo - July 10, 1956 (Published bi-weekly by Enterprise Magazine Management Inc., Atlanta, Georgia) Author: Anonymous Description: "Shift to the Shaft? A fight is shaping up over the shape of tomorrow�s towns... A leader for the uplift is Frank Lloyd Wright, who recently hoisted a skyscraper on he Oklahoma plains. His reasons, told in his �The Story of the Tower� (Horizon Press, N.Y.): In the country, the skyscraper has no competition form surrounding buildings, and gives a wide view of the count4ryside..." Includes one photograph of he Price Tower. Original cover price 15c. Size: 4 x 6 Pages: Pp 56-7 S#: 1147.48.1012

UNCENSORED

	Date: 1955 Publication: Uncensored - October 1955 (Published monthly by Feature Story Corp., New York) Author: Anonymous Description: "Gar Wood and Frank Lloyd Wright. They�re never too old to yearn. Old Rockin� Chair won�t get these romantic Rover Boys who made their mark in the world - and a few zesty headlines." Describes Wright�s relationships with the four women in his life. Includes three photographs, Wright, Miriam Noel Wright and Ann Baxter. Original cover price 25c. Size: 8 x 10.25 Pages: Pp 42-43 64-65 S#: 1092.34.1009

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