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I found this while cleaning out my mom's garden shed after she died in 2010. I must have forgotten it at her house when I moved out. The shed was pretty old and rickety and leaked. Consequently, the magazine got mold damage and stunk pretty bad. I was going to trash it, but it had sentimental value to me. It was the oldest surviving photo mag I had bought since getting into photography in 1969. I recall buying it on one of the families regular Friday night food shopping trips. I think it was either a Ralph's or Von's near National and Overland in L.A. When the family went shopping, I would head for the magazine rack and read everything I could on photography. This mag impressed me with all the portfolios of the photographers of the day, so I bought it. But usually, I would just read magazines at newsstands and get books from the library to save my $ for film and chemicals. I had wrapped it in 4 layers of plastic sleeving and kept it that way until last week. (You could still smell the mold with 2 or 3 sleeves.) A couple weeks ago I started to give it some microwave radiation to prepare it for scanning. After 6 microwave treatments it still stunk, but it was doable to handle for scanning. I didn't need it perfect; I just wanted to scan and trash. No telling how much microwaving it would need to make it perfect. It tells you; you don't tell it when it is ready. But eventually the microwave wins if you got the patience. And you can't rush it, or you scorch the paper. Here you go... Popular Photography Annual 1972 D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography