One time when I was TDY in the mid 70s from Croughton to a little place on the east coast called Cold Blow, I stayed at an inn that had a collection of 1940s-50s National Geographic issues in the room. I spent quite a good while looking through them.
Today, I wouldn’t even give a current copy a second look.
Been boycotting them since they went all Al Gore a few years ago. Sadly many of my favorite magazine titles have had to go because of their desire to shove politics in my face these days. Thankfully Family Handyman has kept their senses.
I have lots of the old Nat Geo from the 90s and before anyway, so I can enjoy lots of decent articles for many years.