Peek inside Jud’s Museum while listening to him reminisce about his time at Yankee magazine.
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Sneak Preview: Editor Mel Allen explains what went into putting this 80th-anniversary issue together.
Photographer Kindra Clineff has been shooting foliage for Yankee since 1989. She shared her top tips on how to take the best fall foliage photographs ever.
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Jo Diggs | Video
Jo Diggs brings a painter’s eye to her stunning fabric landscapes. Learn more about her process.
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Frisbee | New England’s Gifts
Did you know the name and inspiration for the Frisbee flying disc came from Connecticut? Learn some more trivia about this modern toy and game.
7/3/1916 The fateful day when “Chubby” Woodman of Essex, Mass., became the first person to batter-fry a clam 5,000 Guests at the biggest clambake Woodman’s ever hosted (1938 in Marietta, Ohio) 0 Tweaks to Chubby’s original fried-clam recipeGet Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe 300+ Family members who have worked at […]
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Life in the Kingdom | Spare Parts
In rural Vermont, finding what you need isn’t always about what’s easy and efficient.
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Yankee Magazine Covers | 1930s
“It began in a hexagon shack with one man, one typewriter, a Franklin Stove, and a dream. In later years Robb Sagendorph would shrug and say, “The publisher still doesn’t know of any particular reason why Yankee was begun or is still around. To get any sort of editorial policy out of him would be […]
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Yankee Magazine Covers | 1940s
As America changed for World War II, so did Yankee Magazine. Rations and patriotism made paper hard to come by, so Yankee downsized from a 9×12 inch digest size (which fit the old presses well) to a new and iconic 6×9 size. Yankee stopped its monthly issues but published two annual four-page flyers to keep […]
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Yankee Magazine Covers | 1950s
As Yankee Magazine grew in the 1950s, Robb Sagendorph found himself being asked to speak for ceremonies and events. He loved to prank his audiences, and always brought with him a whimsical, quirky attitude. Some say his favorite prank was a wind-up moth that flew from the pages of books he would read from. He was really […]
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Yankee Magazine Covers | 1960s
The 1960s were no exception to Yankee Magazine‘s fast growing pattern, but the growth was starting to pose a burden on the staff’s outdated methods and equipment. Robb Sagendorph hired his son-in-law, Rob Trowbridge, a business-savvy lawyer to put things in order. Yankee‘s advertising department saw major growth in the 60s too. When Sagendorph sold ad […]
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Ratatouille Summer | Mary’s Farm
Under the summer sun, a garden ripens and a body grows stronger. Photo/Art by Illustration by Clare Owen/i2iART Last summer, my garden was better than any I’ve had in years. I suppose it was a combination of a good amount of rain and a lot of sunny days. The curious thing was that we had […]