The Cities of America

In 1945, The Saturday Evening Post began publishing profiles of the major cities in America, highlighting each city’s attractions and unique character. In all, the Post featured 120 cities over eight years. If you’d like to find your city, members can browse for it in our archive, which features thousands of issues of the Post dating back to 1821.

City Issue Date Page
Kansas City August 25, 1945 14
Boston September 1, 1945 26
Atlanta September 22, 1945 26
Seattle October 13, 1945 22
Chicago November 3, 1945 22
San Antonio November 24, 1945 23
Los Angeles December 15, 1945 14
New York January 26, 1945 15
San Francisco February 16, 1946 24
Salt Lake City March 9, 1946 22
Dallas and Fort Worth March 30, 1946 22
Cincinnati April 20, 1946 18
Baltimore May 11, 1946 14
New Orleans June 1, 1946 25
Detroit June 22, 1946 14
Portland, Maine July 13, 1946 14
Pittsburgh August 3, 1946 14
Denver August 24, 1946 14
Philadelphia September 14, 1946 12
Washington, D.C. October 5, 1946 14
Des Moines October 26, 1946 22
Memphis November 16, 1946 12
St. Louis December 7, 1946 28
Brooklyn November 28, 1946 14
Boise January 18, 1947 22
Charleston February 8, 1947 21
Portland, Oregon March 1, 1947 23
Middlebury, Vermont March 22, 1947 29
Raleigh April 12, 1947 20
Providence May 3, 1947 28
Spokane May 24, 1947 28
Buffalo June 14, 1947 36
Tulsa July 5, 1947 24
Hartford July 26, 1947 28
San Diego August 16, 1947 35
Birmingham September 6, 1947 22
Springfield, Illinois September 27, 1947 28
Phoenix October 18, 1947 37
Jacksonville November 8, 1947 25
Houston November 29, 1947 22
Louisville December 20, 1947 20
Toledo January 10, 1948 28
Burns, Oregon January 31, 1948 20
Wichita February 21, 1948 34
Albany March 13, 1948 36
Minneapolis-St. Paul April 3, 1948 22
Little Rock April 24, 1948 20
Carmel, California May 15, 1948 22
Oklahoma City June 5, 1948 20
New Bedford June 26, 1948 22
Savannah July 17, 1948 20
Indianapolis August 7, 1948 20
Richmond August 28, 1948 30
Santa Fe September 18, 1948 20
Jackson, Mississippi September 9, 1948 34
Niagara Falls October 30, 1948 24
Lexington November 20, 1948 22
Los Alamos December 11, 1948 24
Cleveland January 1, 1949 22
Key West January 22, 1949 20
Peoria January 12, 1949 20
St. Augustine March 5, 1949 24
Altoona, Pennsylvania March 26, 1949 32
Duluth April 16, 1949 24
Mobile May 7, 1949 28
New Haven May 28, 1949 36
Cedar Rapids June 18, 1949 32
Norfolk July 9, 1949 32
Chattanooga July 30, 1949 34
Dover, Delaware August 20, 1949 22
Omaha September 10, 1949 25
Trenton October 1, 1949 32
Concord, New Hampshire October 22, 1949 38
Minot, North Dakota November 12, 1949 38
Biloxi December 3, 1949 32
Balboa, Panama December 24, 1949 26
Flagstaff, Arizona January 14, 1950 34
El Paso February 4, 1950 30
Montreal February 25, 1950 36
Rochester, New York March 18, 1950 38
Albuquerque April 8, 1950 27
Pittsfield, Massachusetts April 29, 1950 40
Halifax, Nova Scotia May 20, 1950 26
Annapolis June 10, 1950 24
Vicksburg July 1, 1950 36
Taos, New Mexico July 22, 1950 22
Edmonton, Alberta August 12, 1950 22
Independence, Missouri September 2, 1950 22
San Juan, Puerto Rico September 23, 1950 28
Aspen, Colorado October 14, 1950 27
Ottawa, Ontario November 4, 1950 36
Galveston November 25, 1950 24
Victoria, British Columbia December 16, 1950 35
Colorado Springs January 6, 1951 32
Nome, Alaska January 27, 1951 24
Tupelo, Mississippi February 17, 1951 32
Bangor, Maine March 10, 1951 25
Havanna March 31, 1951 24
Sacramento April 21, 1951 44
Mexico City May 12, 1951 26
Cheyenne June 2, 1951 32
Charlotte, North Carolina June 23, 1951 32
Klamath Falls, Oregon July 14, 1951 28
Acapulco, Mexico August 4, 1951 33
Saranac Lake, New York August 25, 1951 34
Milwaukee September 15, 1951 31
Tucson October 6, 1951 24
Nashville October 27, 1951 22
Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange, Texas November 17, 1951 27
Butte December 8, 1951 40
Vancouuver, British Columbia December 29, 1951 24
Unalakleet, Alaska January 19, 1952 32
Kingston, Jamaica February 9, 1952 32
Burlington, Vermont March 1, 1952 28
Toronto March 22, 1952 26
Monterrey, Mexico April 12, 1952 32
Columbus, Ohio May 3, 1952 22
Nogales May 24, 1952 26
South Bend June 14, 1952 40
Reno July 5, 1952 24