Cosmopolitan magazine

Cosmopolitan Magazine was first published in 1886 as a family magazine, but became a literary magazine in the late 1960s. Today, Cosmopolitan is a popular and trusted women's publication that covers topics ranging from relationships and sex to news, pop culture, and fashion. Cosmopolitan has 63 international editions printed in 32 languages and is distributed in more than 100 countries around the world.

Cosmopolitan started using colour photography of models around 1950. These covers were interspersed with illustrated covers.

They seem to have gone over completely to photography by 1963.

This is part 3 of a 4-part series on Cosmopolitan Magazine:

1940 November
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 February
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 MarchCover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 April
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 May
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 June
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 July
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 September
Vacation Issue
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 November
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1941 December
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 January
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 February
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 March
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 April
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 May
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 June
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 July
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 September
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 October
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 November
(Joan Bennett)
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1942 December
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1943 January
Christmas Issue
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1943 February
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1943 March
(Joan Fontaine)
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1943 AprilCover by Bradshaw Crandell

1943 September
(Esther Williams)Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1943 November
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1944 January
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1944 March
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1944 June
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1944 July
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1944 August
"Summer Girl"
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1944 SeptemberCover by Bradshaw Crandell

1944 October
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1944 NovemberCover by Bradshaw Crandell

1944 December
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1945 June
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1946 JanuaryCover by Bradshaw Crandell

1946 February
"Ski Queen"Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1946 March
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1946 April
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

1946 June
Cover by Bradshaw Crandell

By August 1946 the Title font has been updated, and cover artist Bradshaw Crandell has given way to Coby Whitmore.
Apparently Crandell wanted to concentrate on private oil portraits.

Maxwell Coburn (Coby) Whitmore(1913 –1988) was born in Dayton, Ohio. He studied at the Dayton Art Institute and honed his skills as an apprentice to illustrator Haddon Sundblom in Chicago before joining the Charles E. Cooper Studio in New York. Soon after, a steady stream of assignments for Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening Post covers and other women's magazines brought him public acclaim.

His work included advertisements for Gallo Wine and other national brands. He additionally became known as a racing-car designer. Whitmore was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1978.