The Better Homes and Gardens Magazine archive pdf. From its first issue in 1922 through 2003, this free online collection of scanned home magazines is nearly complete.
Better Homes & Gardens is the sixth most widely circulated magazine in the United States. The magazine focuses on homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. It is published monthly by People Inc. (formerly Meredith Corporation).
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About Scanned PDF Copies of Better Homes and Gardens
The bold blue month labels on this page are links to scanned Better Homes and Gardens magazines at the Internet Archive. There are two types of scans. The labels ‘Jan-Jun‘ and ‘Jul-Dec‘ are links to six-month scanned volumes, in color. Labels for individual months are links to individual monthly issues, scanned from black-and-white microfilmed versions of the magazine.
Many of the scans are quite dark, but you can brighten them. Click a link and open the Internet Archive page for the volume or issue, then click the circle containing three dots on the left side of the Internet Archive page. Click “visual adjustments” and check the box in “adjust brightness”.
You will probably prefer the “one-page” view, which you’ll find by clicking the rectangle at the bottom right corner of any Internet Archive screen.
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| 1920s | ||||||
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| 1922 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1923 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1923 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1924 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1924 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1925 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1925 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1926 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1926 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1927 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1927 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1928 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1928 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1929 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1929 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1940s | ||||||
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| 1940 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | ||||
| 1941 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | ||||
| 1942 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | ||||
| 1943 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | ||||
| 1944 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1944 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1945 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1945 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1946 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1946 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1947 | Jan-Jul | |||||
| 1947 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1948 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1948 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1949 | Jan-Jul | |||||
| 1949 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1950s | ||||||
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| 1950 | Jan-Jul | |||||
| 1950 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1951 | Jan-Jul | |||||
| 1951 | Jul-Dec | |||||
| 1952 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1952 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1953 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1953 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1954 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1954 | Jul-Dec | |||||
| 1955 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1955 | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1956 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 1956 | Jul-Dec |
All Links below are for scans of color 6-month volumes
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| 1960s | |||||
| 1960 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1961 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1962 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1963 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1964 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1965 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1966 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1967 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1968 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1969 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec |
| 1970s | |||||
| 1970 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1971 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1972 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1973 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1974 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1975 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1976 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1977 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1978 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1979 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec |
| 1980s | |||||
| 1980 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1981 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1982 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1983 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1984 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1985 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1986 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1987 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1988 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1989 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec |
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| 1990s | |||||
| 1990 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1991 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1992 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1993 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1994 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1995 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1996 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1997 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1998 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec | |||
| 1999 | Jan-Jun | Jul-Dec |
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