Happy 65th Birthday, Seventeen magazine! The very first issue was published in September 1944:


Model: Patty Townsend. Photographer: Elliott Clarke.

Here are some memorable birthday covers from 1945 - 1961:


1st Birthday Issue: September 1945
Photographer: Francesco Scavullo.


2nd Birthday Issue: September 1946
Photographer: Francesco Scavullo.


3rd Birthday Issue: September 1947
Photographer: Francesco Scavullo.


4th Birthday Issue: September 1948
Photographer: Francesco Scavullo.


5th Birthday Issue: September 1949
Photographer: Francesco Scavullo.


10th Birthday Issue: September 1954
Model: Sandy Brown. Photographer: Gleb Derujinsky.


17th Birthday Issue: September 1961
Model: Rita Egan. Photographer: Carmen Schiavone.

There was no special Birthday Issue in 1964.

Susan Camp
Senior Editor & Archivist