tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40956967505155567682024-03-13T16:04:27.626-04:00Magazine History: A Collector's Blog<b>Documenting and illustrating the history, importance and the joy of collecting magazines. </b>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-77069335684758716662013-12-22T08:53:00.003-05:002013-12-22T08:53:44.604-05:00Something New on the WayShortly, a database with more than 5000 images that encompasses my entire collection will be online and searchable. A preliminary version that includes links to my ebooks and other interesting information can be found at www.thegreatamericanmagazine.com .<br />
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<br />Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-59126687081126057982012-04-06T07:58:00.001-04:002012-04-06T08:00:52.503-04:00answer to questionWill the person who had a question concerning my oil post please re-contact me. your question was accidentally deleted <div>thanks</div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-42937926680935549842011-12-04T09:20:00.007-05:002011-12-04T10:01:55.166-05:00A Twenty Year Mystery Solved!A few years ago I posted a magazine that I believed contained a previously unknown essay by Elizabeth Barret Browning.<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oSCrbt5Ta9w/TtuFW1vkIpI/AAAAAAAACzs/wIkxWWKFZOw/s1600/titan2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682281982288208530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oSCrbt5Ta9w/TtuFW1vkIpI/AAAAAAAACzs/wIkxWWKFZOw/s200/titan2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>The basis for this was that the magazine in was in <em>Titan</em>, was not able to be located in any source and also due to the fact that it had been separated from its original wrappers, despite internal evidence that it was published somewhere in the Mississippi valley. My investigation led to conversations with various literary and publishing authorities in both St. Louis and New Orleans, but, alas, to no avail. Conversations with Browning authorities likewise were fruitless.<br /></div><br /><br /><div>So where else could the mystery be solved? In the Lomazow collection of American periodicals!Recently going over a stack of uncatalogued issues I came across the first issue of <em>Cresent Monthly</em>, published in New Orleans in 1866.<br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zf3hG0gjtgE/TtuFi_2YjJI/AAAAAAAACz4/BtABjTtog0M/s1600/crescent.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682282191159594130" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zf3hG0gjtgE/TtuFi_2YjJI/AAAAAAAACz4/BtABjTtog0M/s200/crescent.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>A perusal of the contents and typography immediately reminded me of <em>Titan </em>and, indeed, a comparison yields the inevitable conclusion that the publisher was one in the same!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hHL6WJxkiew/TtuCBjpjSlI/AAAAAAAACzg/NRLtb28s7Ps/s1600/titan1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682278318119012946" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hHL6WJxkiew/TtuCBjpjSlI/AAAAAAAACzg/NRLtb28s7Ps/s200/titan1.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-85XsgaWLLgs/TtuFqqncsmI/AAAAAAAAC0E/h70sqyQ677Q/s1600/cresent%2Btitle.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682282322898760290" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-85XsgaWLLgs/TtuFqqncsmI/AAAAAAAAC0E/h70sqyQ677Q/s200/cresent%2Btitle.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>It is now quite clear that <em>Titan</em> was published in New Orleans and, to this point, my copy remains the only one known. I own a number of unique periodicals but this one ranks as the most important since it contains a heretofore unknown work of a major American author. Mr Evelyn published <em>Titan</em> in 1859 and, like many others. suspended his operations during the Civil War. In 1866, he started anew with <em>Crescent Monthly</em>. </div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Just another reason why collecting magazines over the previous three decades has been such a source of pleasure to this blogger.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Periodically yours,</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>SL </div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-89921307619770682192011-12-03T15:50:00.005-05:002011-12-04T09:09:52.968-05:00A Great Newsstand Photo. NYC June 1953<div>I love to collect old photos of newsstands. I just got back from the New Jersey Antiquarian Bookfair where I purchased this one.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wtU3aVsAbc4/TtqMv9rSsOI/AAAAAAAACy8/YMf3H_4kaac/s1600/NYC%2BJune%2B1953.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 161px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682008635519185122" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wtU3aVsAbc4/TtqMv9rSsOI/AAAAAAAACy8/YMf3H_4kaac/s200/NYC%2BJune%2B1953.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n959W6GRWoo/Ttt-40G4h9I/AAAAAAAACzU/KoXRQVt1gzE/s1600/NYC%2BJune%2B1953%2Bcrop.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 195px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682274869383301074" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n959W6GRWoo/Ttt-40G4h9I/AAAAAAAACzU/KoXRQVt1gzE/s200/NYC%2BJune%2B1953%2Bcrop.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The dealer was unable to date it but by looking at the magazines in the picture, especially <em>TV Fan</em> in the upper right hand corner, the date is June 1953. Here's the magazine, which happens to be the first issue.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fEMU-qTNDXk/TtqM_lVveYI/AAAAAAAACzI/fXBrTVh9EKo/s1600/TV31.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 149px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682008903864252802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fEMU-qTNDXk/TtqM_lVveYI/AAAAAAAACzI/fXBrTVh9EKo/s200/TV31.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />The location is probably at the north end of Columbus Circle, with Central Park West to the left of the newstand. Enjoy a great piece of NYC magazine history!<br />Periodically,<br /><br />SL</div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-4489500886275027442011-11-23T10:01:00.007-05:002011-11-23T11:01:22.847-05:00LIFE Magazine at 75Today is the seventy-fifth anniversary of an important day in magazine history- the first publication of the news-magazine incarnation of LIFE (see my post "The Origin of Life" for history of the prior title). Ever since the iconic image of the Fort Peck Dam by Margaret Bourke-White appeared on the first issue LIFE has been an important part of the documentary history of our country. Though it ceased weekly publication in 1972, Henry Luce's magnum opus continues to be a prime measure of how photo-journalism is defined.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BvrU5wl2uiA/Ts0L3RMbAlI/AAAAAAAACyM/dWGtm9QB5EQ/s1600/life_mag_cover_ftpeck.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678207749320278610" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BvrU5wl2uiA/Ts0L3RMbAlI/AAAAAAAACyM/dWGtm9QB5EQ/s200/life_mag_cover_ftpeck.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div>I thought I'd share the first three pages of the prospectus of the magazine so you might see just how well it succeeded.</div><br /><br /><div></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9d3Jn2smF9Y/Ts0W09d8PEI/AAAAAAAACyY/9CGJUeMoQIw/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 137px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678219804293217346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9d3Jn2smF9Y/Ts0W09d8PEI/AAAAAAAACyY/9CGJUeMoQIw/s200/Untitled-1.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0E8UU6SHM1s/Ts0W5I-1zPI/AAAAAAAACyk/fDkOj7frmqg/s1600/page%2B2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 144px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678219876103474418" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0E8UU6SHM1s/Ts0W5I-1zPI/AAAAAAAACyk/fDkOj7frmqg/s200/page%2B2.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sMX6JmBrptk/Ts0XA79HbjI/AAAAAAAACyw/fM09N4MKb_k/s1600/page3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678220010045533746" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sMX6JmBrptk/Ts0XA79HbjI/AAAAAAAACyw/fM09N4MKb_k/s200/page3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Since this blog is largely devoted to collecting, I also include (again) the most valuable single issue of LIFE, one that was never actually circulated. The famous Staubach issue was on the presses at the news of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It was never circulated and only a few souvenir copies (perhaps a few dozen at best) were retained.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l6a8YV53GWk/Ts0LSkzcsaI/AAAAAAAACyA/Wy-17WPAghE/s1600/staubach.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 152px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678207118929080738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-l6a8YV53GWk/Ts0LSkzcsaI/AAAAAAAACyA/Wy-17WPAghE/s200/staubach.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Happy thanksgiving to all!</div></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-22776696070204991602011-10-09T12:55:00.007-04:002011-10-09T13:23:59.569-04:00Remembering Steve Jobs 1955-2011. A Magazine Tribute.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B1xF1ST1xW0/TpHUe2UVynI/AAAAAAAACu0/I6HjpQuUY8E/s1600/macworld.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 167px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661539833023416946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-B1xF1ST1xW0/TpHUe2UVynI/AAAAAAAACu0/I6HjpQuUY8E/s200/macworld.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NwzKTkO8gpE/TpHU6UiX8oI/AAAAAAAACu8/0LuwJ2POCAU/s1600/motion%2Bpicture%2Bstory%2B%25232.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 140px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661540304991810178" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NwzKTkO8gpE/TpHU6UiX8oI/AAAAAAAACu8/0LuwJ2POCAU/s200/motion%2Bpicture%2Bstory%2B%25232.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />The recent passing of the twenty-first century Thomas Edison has spurred a reprise of my January 2009 post about computer magazines. Job's marketing genius is easily seen in both the magazines and internet link provided.<br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks again to my computer magazine expert David Leishman, who provided some of the images, and my girlfriend Katherine for keeping me vigilant about keeping this blog updated.<br /><br /><br /><br />My home is in West Orange, New Jersey, where many of the manifestations of Edison's genius came to fruition.<br /><br />My apologies for the inconvenience of clicking below to view the previous post.<br /><br /><a href="http://magazinehistory.blogspot.com/search?q=computer+magazines">http://magazinehistory.blogspot.com/search?q=computer+magazines</a>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-50157914300813019502011-09-28T18:48:00.002-04:002011-09-28T19:08:52.053-04:00Magazine Collection For SaleAfter thirty-five years of collecting, it is now time to find an appropriate home for my collection, considered to be the finest in private hands. Thousands of exquisitely rare and historically important items.<br /><br />The collection contains virtually every major magazine highlight ever published from the eighteenth century to the present and covers virtually every topic- literature, politics, technology (TV, Radio, Movies, Aviation etc). It also includes by far the largest collection of first issue pulp magazines (over 850) in existence. Any institution or individual that acquires it will immediately become one of the leading repositories of American popular culture. All of the posts from this blog have been done using material from the collection and the scope can be easily surmised by a review.<br /><br />There are hundreds of feet of shelves occupied by bound volumes and individual issues. The collection fills two large rooms of my home.<br /><br /><em>Serious inquiries only</em>, we are talking a price (on request) well into seven figures. Combination sale/donation considered.<br /><br />This is the real deal. An unreproducible repository of major importance. Sold only as a whole.<br /><br />please respond to <a href="mailto:lomazow@comcast.net">lomazow@comcast.net</a>.<br /><br />Illustrated catalog on request.Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-66662958140505298212011-05-14T20:53:00.005-04:002011-05-14T21:09:49.518-04:00Two More Candidates for Rarest Norman Rockwell CoverMy scanner has been replaced and additional images have been added to the previous post on cooking magazines.<br /><br />Norman Rockwell is the gift that keeps on giving!<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xl3ZoSPMGsM/Tc8mgwrE4aI/AAAAAAAACsY/Up_czNCe2ao/s1600/recruiters%2Brockwell.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 146px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606742405362803106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Xl3ZoSPMGsM/Tc8mgwrE4aI/AAAAAAAACsY/Up_czNCe2ao/s200/recruiters%2Brockwell.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>I just purchased this cover on ebay for a relative bargain of $110. I've never owned a copy but is in the Moffatt catalogue as C181. The U.S.N.R.F. was used on a Post and Life cover as well. </div><br /><br /><br /><div>Inside this very rare magazine I was pleasantly surprosed to find a photograph and interview with my other obsession Franklin D. Roosevelt, when he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy.</div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C7S-bL-1R08/Tc8msksBsxI/AAAAAAAACsg/hZb7p1HC1l8/s1600/macleans%2Brockwell.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 154px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606742608303993618" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C7S-bL-1R08/Tc8msksBsxI/AAAAAAAACsg/hZb7p1HC1l8/s200/macleans%2Brockwell.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>The next cover, on a 1923 Maclean's, a Canadian magazine, is not in Moffatt. I just ran into an old friend and avid Rockwell enthusiast Phil Sperry, who told me he has one as well. From the models and style, the image was probably painted years earlier, circa 1916 or 1917. It may have been a previously rejected Post cover that Rockwell resubmitted, something he did regularly.</div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-66194288730045265052011-05-06T20:47:00.004-04:002011-05-14T20:52:53.104-04:00Cooking and Restaurant Magazines<div><br /><div><br /><div>This entry began with a call from my old friend and bookseller par excellance, Rusty Mott of Sheffield Massachusetts, offering me a broken run of a rare cooking magazine The Table. </div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-chcskq4xkco/Tc8i6saROXI/AAAAAAAACsA/xXLeJ3xExpI/s1600/mystery%2Brear.jpg"></a></div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uwCgdOdEE08/Tc8jHKis3eI/AAAAAAAACsQ/MQUaPfDvkgk/s1600/table.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 127px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606738667095514594" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uwCgdOdEE08/Tc8jHKis3eI/AAAAAAAACsQ/MQUaPfDvkgk/s200/table.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Rusty told me that it was the second cooking magazine ever published and the volume of five of the eight issues had the original wrappers bound in. The price was right; I hadn't acquired much new lately so here it is.<br /><br />Further research indicates that there are five institutional holdings, only two of which are complete (University of Minnesota and The Library of Congress). The editor was the pseudonymous Barry Gray, in actuality Robert Barry Coffin (1826–1886),an American journalist, poet, and writerof relatively minor importance. This appears to be his only foray into magazine publishing.<br /><br />I then called the dealer who sold Rusty the volume, the very pleasant and knowledgable Dan Rabelais of Rabelais Books of Portland Maine, who told me that the best research on early cooking magazines appears in an article by Janet Longone of the great Clements Library at the University if Michigan in a recent magazine Gastronomia. Mr Rablelais was a general bookdealer who now specializes in cookbooks and the like.<br /><br />Dan also told me that Janet identified the first cooking magazine that has a "weird name". This rung a bell and when I asked him if it was Mystery of Life, he believed that that was it. In fact I had acquired a copy in 1997 for $100 from Bob Seymour of Colebrook Book Barn, not really knowing much about it other than that I didn't have it and it was a first issue in wrappers. I had catalogued it in my addendum as appearing in 1868 and indeed containing recipes and advertisements for food related items, published by Alfred Berney. I could not find another copy in Union List of Serials but now when I just checked Berney's Mystery of Life, one holding shows up at New York Public Library. It was intended as a quarterly but there is no evidence a second issue was ever published. My wrappers are slightly different than that illustrated in Janet Longone's article. Perhaps she used the copy from NYPL. </div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oVUGP2MKBcw/TcSg_4Bk1qI/AAAAAAAACr4/ww52bSTFyYM/s1600/mystery%2Bof%2Bliving.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 130px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603780855586936482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oVUGP2MKBcw/TcSg_4Bk1qI/AAAAAAAACr4/ww52bSTFyYM/s200/mystery%2Bof%2Bliving.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-chcskq4xkco/Tc8i6saROXI/AAAAAAAACsA/xXLeJ3xExpI/s1600/mystery%2Brear.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606738452848654706" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-chcskq4xkco/Tc8i6saROXI/AAAAAAAACsA/xXLeJ3xExpI/s200/mystery%2Brear.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br />I am proud to say It would therefore appear that my collection is the only one in the world with copies of both of these periodical gems, however serendipitously they were acquired!<br /><br />While I'm on the subject of cooking magazines, I thought I'd add one more related item from my collection, a wonderful magazine from 1886 entitled Retaurateur. This wonderful periodical contains articles and copious advertising about restaurants and, most interestingly to me, an extensive pricelist of food items, inluding such present day staples as Bass Ale and Guinness' Stout! Ths magazine is not in ULS and may be the first of its kind. I've never seen another issue and have no idea how long it lasted. </div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-71Mf7S4RqHA/Tc8jAiehGFI/AAAAAAAACsI/GFUcGo5Iejc/s1600/restaurateur.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 149px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606738553261332562" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-71Mf7S4RqHA/Tc8jAiehGFI/AAAAAAAACsI/GFUcGo5Iejc/s200/restaurateur.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br />You may find the above a little boring, but I continue to find it all quite fascinating.<br /><br />Periodically yours,<br /><br />Steven Lomazow, M.D.</div></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-26692063709583559902011-04-18T07:55:00.002-04:002011-04-18T08:00:48.731-04:00100,000th hit!Since this blog began on January 1, 2008, today we have our 100,000th hit!<br /><br />Thanks to all of my readers.Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-33088821745498630832011-03-27T15:14:00.002-04:002011-03-27T15:16:17.936-04:00Elizabeth Taylor 1931-2011<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oatBWO-uT2A/TY-M15zmNTI/AAAAAAAACq4/7R6dOeKOoZo/s1600/filmland.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 158px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588840520268264754" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oatBWO-uT2A/TY-M15zmNTI/AAAAAAAACq4/7R6dOeKOoZo/s200/filmland.jpg" /></a> Pardon the delay, this was posted earlier in error on my other blog.Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-3366204180053751352011-02-11T15:12:00.002-05:002011-02-11T15:21:25.545-05:00Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QxifJJTyKws/TVWY8KtPlxI/AAAAAAAACqI/oK3YK8zDx-I/s1600/broughton%2527s%2Blincoln.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572528273374549778" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QxifJJTyKws/TVWY8KtPlxI/AAAAAAAACqI/oK3YK8zDx-I/s200/broughton%2527s%2Blincoln.jpg" /></a><br /><br />With the generic "President's Day", the actual date of birth of our 16th president sometimes becomes overlooked.<br /><br />Here's one of my favorite Lincoln images, from a rare astrology magazine, here from 1860.<br /><br />By the way, the same magazine in April 1965 predicted he would be having a bad month with a higher than likely chance of assassination- demonstrating the old "even a stopped watch is right twice-a-day" chestnut.Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-3010209895932582182011-01-15T14:35:00.010-05:002011-01-15T16:09:17.914-05:00Happy 100th Birthday Boy's LifeOne of the greatest enjoyments about this blog for me is continuously acquiring new insights about the history of America's marvelous history of periodical publishing.<br /><br />Two day's ago I received an email from Carrie Christofferson, the curator of collections of the Newseum (with whom I have had a long and pleasant relationship as a a consultant) in Washington, forwarding me an email from the executive director of the Boy Scout's of America inquiring if they knew of anyone who owned the first issue of <em>Boy's Life Magazine</em> that, since 1912 has been their official publication.<br /><br />I immediately wrote and phoned Mr Goldstein and soon received a call from their curator of collections, John Ingram. Mr. Ingram asked me whether I was willing to sell my copy and informed me that mine was one only two known to exist. He also told me something that I had not previously been aware of.<br /><br />The present numbering of the magazine dates back to Volume One Number One, issued March 1, 1911. A quarto sized publication of forty-eight pages.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTICks4B-dI/AAAAAAAACpM/Pook-akOqRs/s1600/boy%2527s%2Blife.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 136px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562511319300700626" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTICks4B-dI/AAAAAAAACpM/Pook-akOqRs/s200/boy%2527s%2Blife.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div></div><div>Until now I had believed that this issue (identified as the first March issue since it was intended to be published as a bi-monthly), was the genesis of the magazine. In fact it is not. On January 1, 1911, George Barton of Somerville Massachusetts published 5000 copies of <em>Boy's Life</em>. It was eight pages and 10 1/2 x 14 inches in size. For whatever reason, this format lasted for only one issue and Mr. Barton restarted the project, essentially a new series, in March with a new Volume 1 Number 1, the one I own. Here is the second issue, that featured a reprinted Jack London Story, that first appeared in another magazine, <em>Youth's Companion</em>, on November 30, 1899.</div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIJRQ4cArI/AAAAAAAACpk/qGntNJI_U-I/s1600/boy%2527s%2Blife%2Bsecond%2Bissue.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 137px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562518681950094002" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIJRQ4cArI/AAAAAAAACpk/qGntNJI_U-I/s200/boy%2527s%2Blife%2Bsecond%2Bissue.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Mr. Ingram also told me that no actual copies of the January 1 issue are known to exist, but he did have a photocopy of the entire issue. He could not tell me how it was acquired. He kindly provided me with a digital copy and I hereby reproduce the first page your edification. I have lightly retouched it to remove a few generations of photocopy artifact and restored it to what is as close to its original condition as I can surmise. </div><div></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIApRHkhaI/AAAAAAAACo0/Y94zLQUzsCc/s1600/BL%2BPage_1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562509198725776802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIApRHkhaI/AAAAAAAACo0/Y94zLQUzsCc/s200/BL%2BPage_1.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Mr. Ingram also informed me that the BSA did not have any copies of two issues in their original or digital files, October 1911 and January 1912. I recalled that I had collected a few random early issues over the years and when I checked by files, I found that I indeed owned a copy of the October 1911 issue, which, at least for now, is the world's only copy! Here is the cover and title page. Is this the first use of the motto "Be Prepared" and it's accompanying logo?</div><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIBCPIFm3I/AAAAAAAACo8/L2MWJXs3B7E/s1600/Boys%2BLife%2B10-11%2Bcover.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 139px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562509627687803762" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIBCPIFm3I/AAAAAAAACo8/L2MWJXs3B7E/s200/Boys%2BLife%2B10-11%2Bcover.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIB41pa-PI/AAAAAAAACpE/p7L-xdUHw2Q/s1600/Boys%2BLife%2B10-11%2Bindex.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 129px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562510565741099250" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIB41pa-PI/AAAAAAAACpE/p7L-xdUHw2Q/s200/Boys%2BLife%2B10-11%2Bindex.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I will be supplying the BSA with my copy to add to their digital files. That leaves one, January 1912, to complete the collection. By 1912, circulation was over 50,000, such is the rarity of these magazines. </div><br /><div>Should anyone know the location of one, you can contact Mr. Ingram at <a href="mailto:John.Ingram@scouting.org">John.Ingram@scouting.org</a></div><br /><div>A lot more information about the early history of <em>Boy's Life</em> can be found here:<br /><a href="http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/9411/d-wwas.html">http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/9411/d-wwas.html</a><a href="http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/9411/d-wwas.html">/d-wwas.html</a></div><br />I hereby make a standing offer of $1000 to the first person who will sell me an original copy of <em>Boy's Life</em> January 1, 1911!<br /><br /><div>On the subject of the Boy Scouts, I believe I can add a little to the knowledge about one of its founders, Daniel Carter Beard. After I acquired this completely unknown and beautiful magazine. I found that the editor was none other than D.C Beard who I assume to be one and the same as the man who went on to become an icon of scouting. </div><div></div><div>I love magazines!!!!!! </div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIIoDSPnsI/AAAAAAAACpU/PohgP81cpgc/s1600/anti-trust.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 156px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562517973925600962" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIIoDSPnsI/AAAAAAAACpU/PohgP81cpgc/s200/anti-trust.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIIxDxQ8-I/AAAAAAAACpc/eEYujJaTqN0/s1600/anti-trust%2Bbeard.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 172px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562518128674534370" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TTIIxDxQ8-I/AAAAAAAACpc/eEYujJaTqN0/s200/anti-trust%2Bbeard.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />Thanks for sharing my most recent adventure! It was fun to bring it to you.</div><br /><div>Periodically,<br /></div><div>SL</div></div></div></div></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-72388954849057267812011-01-08T14:02:00.004-05:002011-01-08T14:08:01.198-05:00Yet another: Saucy Stories Digest<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSi1ff0Yv-I/AAAAAAAACok/IRpyehgjfYo/s1600/saucy%2Bdigest.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 130px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559893292710674402" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSi1ff0Yv-I/AAAAAAAACok/IRpyehgjfYo/s200/saucy%2Bdigest.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSi1zoh41ZI/AAAAAAAACos/pCUpV0jqe_U/s1600/saucy%2Bdigest%2Bcontents.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559893638646388114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSi1zoh41ZI/AAAAAAAACos/pCUpV0jqe_U/s200/saucy%2Bdigest%2Bcontents.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><div>Ok folks! You did such a good job with the last, here's another. This one is listed in Cottrill but this issue was never seen by him since he lists no info on contents or cover illustrator.</div><div> </div><div>Saunders?</div><div> </div><div>Periodically,</div><div> </div><div>SL</div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-19876834451783605852011-01-08T11:30:00.009-05:002011-01-08T11:51:21.891-05:00More about Love Nest Stories<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiUE64rg5I/AAAAAAAACoU/XCZ7pi2R52s/s1600/Pep%2BStories%2Bv05n12%2B%25281935-12.D.M.%2529%2Bcover%2BWard.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 144px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559856552236254098" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiUE64rg5I/AAAAAAAACoU/XCZ7pi2R52s/s200/Pep%2BStories%2Bv05n12%2B%25281935-12.D.M.%2529%2Bcover%2BWard.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiUk2moqsI/AAAAAAAACoc/bxVLFG1derI/s1600/love%2Bnest%2Bstories.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559857100842642114" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiUk2moqsI/AAAAAAAACoc/bxVLFG1derI/s200/love%2Bnest%2Bstories.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiTjWtR_cI/AAAAAAAACns/oa-pHcNQJUQ/s1600/French%2BFrolics%2B01%2Bdate%2Bunknown%2BUK%2Breprint%2Bmebbe%2Bcover%2BBergey.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 139px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559855975589084610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiTjWtR_cI/AAAAAAAACns/oa-pHcNQJUQ/s200/French%2BFrolics%2B01%2Bdate%2Bunknown%2BUK%2Breprint%2Bmebbe%2Bcover%2BBergey.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiT3jC_hJI/AAAAAAAACoE/ZHW7rqAMwpI/s1600/Pep%2BStories%2B1935-08%2Bcover%2BBergey.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 144px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559856322498757778" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiT3jC_hJI/AAAAAAAACoE/ZHW7rqAMwpI/s200/Pep%2BStories%2B1935-08%2Bcover%2BBergey.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiT-elD_bI/AAAAAAAACoM/H3pu1Nc3wMk/s1600/Pep%2BStories%2Bv05n12%2B%25281935-12.D.M.%2529%2Bcontents.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559856441558564274" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiT-elD_bI/AAAAAAAACoM/H3pu1Nc3wMk/s200/Pep%2BStories%2Bv05n12%2B%25281935-12.D.M.%2529%2Bcontents.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiTxhtMEeI/AAAAAAAACn8/sPXvzspkyLc/s1600/French%2BFrolics%2B1934-02%2Bcover%2BUK%2Bedition%2Bmebbe.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 164px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559856219059655138" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiTxhtMEeI/AAAAAAAACn8/sPXvzspkyLc/s200/French%2BFrolics%2B1934-02%2Bcover%2BUK%2Bedition%2Bmebbe.JPG" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiTpsgxtzI/AAAAAAAACn0/79pso1EHg7w/s1600/French%2BFrolics%2B1933-09%2Bv01n01%2Bcover.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 143px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559856084521432882" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSiTpsgxtzI/AAAAAAAACn0/79pso1EHg7w/s200/French%2BFrolics%2B1933-09%2Bv01n01%2Bcover.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div>I have received two very nice comments from my posting of the cover image of <em>Love Nest Stories</em>. It turns out that my prized acquisition is an amalgam of various other prior publications, nonetheless unique in its own right. First of all, there is no table of contents but internal advertising confirms it is a D.M. publication. The Bellem story is entitled "Double Dare". I'm sure my following of fellow pulp sleuths, a small but dedicated band, will tell me if it is original to this magazine or, more probably, reprinted.<br /><br />The most comprehensive response was from Beau of Darwination. His website is <a href="http://www.darwinscans.blogspot.com/">http://www.darwinscans.blogspot.com/</a>. He has given me permission to post portions of the text of his message and some additional images that he supplied:<br /><br />"I saw your post of Love Nest Stories today. I haven't seen it for sale<br />before. I think I can clear up a little bit of the mystery for you on<br />the date and the nature of the pulp. I recognized the cover image<br />instantly, as it comes from an issue I just recently acquired, Pep<br />Stories 1935-12. The cover on your Love Nest Stories also reminded me<br />of an issue I'd seen recently on Ebay because of the font on the issue<br />number and pricing, an issue which Bookery's lists as issue #1 of the<br />second series of French Frolics from c. 1936. I'll attach the little<br />auction image of the issue. I knew something was odd about it because<br />I'm certain that the image had been used previously on a Donenfeld pulp<br />of approximately the same era (which looking through my files now armed<br />with a bit of knowledge was on the cover of Pep Stories 1935-08, I'll<br />attach it too as well as the original cover and contents page for Pep<br />Stories 1935-12). I looked at my copy of the issue of Pep Stories just<br />to double check that I remembered no Bellem story within and to confirm<br />that your contents must be different. My first thought was that these<br />reprints were pirated UK editions (I've long held and still do hold the<br />unconfirmed suspicion that there were periods in 1936 and 1937 where<br />Donenfeld sent returned/coverless pulps over to the UK where they<br />received new covers), but looking in Doug Ellis' Uncovered just now, he<br />clears up nicely the mystery surrounding these Love Nest and French<br />Frolics issues:<br /><br />on page 54<br /><br />"In addition to their regular titles, however, there were sporadic other<br />titles, such as Paris Frolics and French Frolics, both of which saw at<br />least a couple of issues in 1934. These were reprint publications,<br />binding returned, (easily printed by The Donny Press), with the contents<br />page stripped out so that the reader didn't realize he was buying the<br />same material twice. The cover paintings on both of these publications<br />were also reprints. This practice continued for at least a few years;<br />as late as 1936 a Donenfeld pulp, Love Nest Stories, was the same sort<br />of reprint magazine."<br /><br />So I think this Love Nest Stories is pretty close in vintage to this<br />"2nd series French Frolics Issue 1". I don't think that Ellis is<br />completely on track, though, with the statement that the cover paintings<br />on all of the French Frolics were reprints. I'm attaching a couple of<br />the covers that, if they were reprinted, I at least recognize from no<br />other American pulp or even the style as that of any of the American<br />artists. I'd pegged the second of these as a likely UK pirate cover.<br />Hrm. One mystery is solved and another rises up. Ah well, such is the<br />nature of digging around in these things. Hopefully I'll get my greedy<br />hands on some of these issues at one time or another for a bit more<br />insight. One of these days (on my long long list of projects), I'll do<br />a post on the covers to some of the UK girlie pulp pirate editions.<br />I've learned the hard way from buying a few of them that they aren't the<br />real article and that some have close (and not so close) copies of<br />American covers done by the British!"<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Beau<br /><br />P.S. The wiliness of Harry Donnenfeld never ceases to amaze me. </div></div></div></div></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-82936129355578037142011-01-07T13:48:00.004-05:002011-01-07T14:00:27.494-05:00A New Pulp Acquisition: Love Nest Stories.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSdgl7dKrhI/AAAAAAAACnk/Wzs0L7i3tq8/s1600/love%2Bnest%2Bstories.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559518469743619602" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TSdgl7dKrhI/AAAAAAAACnk/Wzs0L7i3tq8/s200/love%2Bnest%2Bstories.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I just received this exceedingly rare pulp in the mail today. I got it from my good friend Richard Clear for $250. It is the 867th (yes 8-6-7)first issue pulp in my collection. The first new addition of 2011 (I added a grand total of 8 in 2010). It is undated but by the ads ca. 1935. A typical girly sleaze magazine printed on pulp paper interspersed with glossy photos of semi-nude women. Cleary a first issue as seen on the cover. This one is a bit special since it contains a story by the noted writer Robert Leslie Bellem.<br /><br />It is not listed in the Adventure House Guide nor the first printing of Tim Cottrill's great book but is listed in the second edition.<br /><br />Guaranteed you won't find this image anywhere else.<br /><br />Periodically,<br />SLSteven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-10011111126518819112010-12-18T13:46:00.003-05:002010-12-18T13:50:19.266-05:00A New E-Book: America at War, A Magazine HistoryI recently delivered a powerpoint presentation for the holiday dinner of the New Jersey WW2 Bookclub. Here is an annotated presentation. I hope you find it interesting and informative.<br /><br />Seasons Greeetings!<br /><br />Periodically,<br /><br />SL<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/45609134/War-Magazines-2">http://www.scribd.com/doc/45609134/War-Magazines-2</a>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-90394025183765406532010-12-10T08:12:00.006-05:002010-12-10T08:41:56.014-05:00The First Rules of BaseballI see that the first rules of Basketball are to be auctioned off today at Southeby's and are expected to bring two million dollars.<br />A while back, I was researching the origins of Baseball in the sporting paper <em>Spirit of the Times</em> and in the May 12, 1855 issue came across these rules, which I believe to be the earliest published. I've never seen another or an earlier account. A nice history of Porter and early American sporting magazines appears here:<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Porter">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_T._Porter</a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TQIoYWW-3gI/AAAAAAAACmA/npi0xMBHH5A/s1600/porter%2527s%2Bbaseball%2Brules%2B5-12-1855.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 62px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549042089657818626" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TQIoYWW-3gI/AAAAAAAACmA/npi0xMBHH5A/s200/porter%2527s%2Bbaseball%2Brules%2B5-12-1855.jpg" /></a><br />The first image of Baseball as we know it appeared in volume three of <em>Porter's Spirit of the Times</em> in 1857.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TQIsjzt0WCI/AAAAAAAACmQ/dCwV1DBN-2M/s1600/baseball1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549046684563298338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TQIsjzt0WCI/AAAAAAAACmQ/dCwV1DBN-2M/s200/baseball1.jpg" /></a><br />Less than three months to spring training!Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-37758545524714227522010-12-01T20:37:00.000-05:002010-12-01T20:38:23.334-05:00An Amazing Early Periodical Devoted to Gambling<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW3IzvJgbI/AAAAAAAAClQ/BcJymZdnLYM/s1600/cover.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 124px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545539878131433906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW3IzvJgbI/AAAAAAAAClQ/BcJymZdnLYM/s200/cover.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div></div><div>This post arises from a conversation with Vincent Golden, curator of newspapers and periodicals at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester Massachusetts, the greatest repository of pre-1876 American printed material in the universe, of which I am priviliged to be a member.<br /><br />Vince told me of his excitement to find an 1843 magazine devoted to gambling (most probably the first on the topic), more specifically to exposing cheating. I asked him to send the images and here they are.<br /><br />I do not have a copy of this gem in my collection. It is not listed in Union List of Serials and this may very well be the only copy in existence. It was written and edited by Jonathan Harrington Green (1813-1887) an American gambler, inventor, writer and later reformer in New York City during the early-to mid 19th century. In his youth, he was known as one of the most skilled card players in the United States. Following his retirement from gambling in 1842, he became an active crusader against illegal gambling and was responsible for enacting anti-gambling laws in several states. He is the author of several books on the subject. His Wikipedia bio is leaked here (I couldn't resist the temptation after the most recent firestorm!): </div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_H._Green">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_H._Green</a> </div><div></div><div>Here is the title page, an illustration and the back cover. The graphics of the front cover are impressive.</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW3VAZO-iI/AAAAAAAAClY/r4MuaMlF6qg/s1600/plate.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 170px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545540087687608866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW3VAZO-iI/AAAAAAAAClY/r4MuaMlF6qg/s200/plate.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW3Zyeo24I/AAAAAAAAClg/JFciS2o0zuE/s1600/title.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 117px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545540169851526018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW3Zyeo24I/AAAAAAAAClg/JFciS2o0zuE/s200/title.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW3CsYmSnI/AAAAAAAAClI/e23MsG2S9f0/s1600/back.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545539773078588018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW3CsYmSnI/AAAAAAAAClI/e23MsG2S9f0/s200/back.jpg" /></a></div><div><br />Just one more great example of the rich heritage of the American magazine. Thanks Vince!</div><div><br />Here are a few items from <em><strong>my</strong></em> collection all from the same decade. Since the <em>Gambler's Mirror </em>has great graphics, great rarity and a great topic that applies to today, I have chosen one example of each.</div><div></div><div>An 1845 magazine devoted to the elimination of capital punishment:</div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW73FIFoWI/AAAAAAAACl4/f3rB6Ndi60c/s1600/hangman.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 102px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545545071119933794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW73FIFoWI/AAAAAAAACl4/f3rB6Ndi60c/s200/hangman.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div>A wonderfully graphic temperance magazine</div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW7q6sw_QI/AAAAAAAAClo/U20D-4x2oao/s1600/cold%2Bwater%2Bmagazine.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 145px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545544862162550018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW7q6sw_QI/AAAAAAAAClo/U20D-4x2oao/s200/cold%2Bwater%2Bmagazine.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div>And an exquistely rare literarary magazine that may also be the world's only example (obtained from the renowned NYC dealer James Cummins), that, among other interesting content, contains a reference to Edgar Allan Poe. </div><div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW7xDAv4AI/AAAAAAAAClw/EwC9LkY7Qpw/s1600/empire%2Bl%2B%2526%2Bg%2Bmag.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 152px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545544967473061890" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TPW7xDAv4AI/AAAAAAAAClw/EwC9LkY7Qpw/s200/empire%2Bl%2B%2526%2Bg%2Bmag.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div>Best of the season to all.</div><div></div><div>Periodically yours,</div><div></div><div>SL</div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-91337122900125039772010-10-06T16:56:00.044-04:002010-10-09T11:57:25.489-04:00Hugo Gernsback. The Upcoming Centennial of Ralph 124C 41+. The Greatest Ever Work of Futurism<div><div><div><div><div>April 2011 will be the one-hundred year anniversary of the greatest work of futurism ever written, Hugo Gernsback's Ralph 124C 41+ (itself a play on words). It appeared in twelve consecutive installments in Gernsback's pioneer electrical journal <em>Modern Electrics</em>. Here is the first issue of that publication:<br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TLCClC2aDyI/AAAAAAAACjw/0C5pWT-DNsc/s1600/modern+elecrtics1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 135px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526060315715440418" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TLCClC2aDyI/AAAAAAAACjw/0C5pWT-DNsc/s200/modern+elecrtics1.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div>While the plot of the story has been (rightfully) criticized as amateurish, the greatness of the work lies in Gernsback's prophetic vision of the future. Jules Verne and aother authors might have fallen upon isolated futuristic creations but the panoply of incredible and accurate predictions in "Ralph" far exceeds any other work. The story is the first to describe, among others, television (and channel surfing), remote-control power transmission, the video phone, transcontinental air service, solar energy in practical use, sound movies, synthetic milk and foods, artificial cloth, voiceprinting, tape recorders, and spaceflight. It also contains "...the first accurate description of radar, complete with diagram..."</div><br /><div>The easiest way to appreciate this amazing (an adjective used by Gernsback on the first ever magazine devoted to science-fiction, a term coined by.... you guessed it, Hugo Gernsback) </div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxL6LNgvI/AAAAAAAACgo/wGqWpynqKe4/s1600/amazing+stories.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 140px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525056029773890290" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxL6LNgvI/AAAAAAAACgo/wGqWpynqKe4/s200/amazing+stories.jpg" /></a></div><div>The first issue of <em>Amazing Stories</em></div><br /><div></div><div>work is to show the covers of the serial for you to appreciate, each an illustration from the story. It would take a many years of intensive searching to put together a run. The book edition did not appear until 1925.</div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyA5TBruI/AAAAAAAAChw/QZeSrN6_g_M/s1600/science+and+invention-+sf+number.jpg"></a> </div><div>I have grabbed a few images from the web for comparison to help you appreciate the uncanny nature of the work. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzvrDgrkYI/AAAAAAAACe4/5K2NVm1X_8o/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 124px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525054365832548738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzvrDgrkYI/AAAAAAAACe4/5K2NVm1X_8o/s200/1.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>The first image of television!<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyli3m7eI/AAAAAAAACig/_PFR6rrIJ2g/s1600/telephot.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057569705881058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyli3m7eI/AAAAAAAACig/_PFR6rrIJ2g/s200/telephot.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzw_JanzGI/AAAAAAAACgY/r4uStjNRxLQ/s1600/1939-picturephone.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 164px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525055810526760034" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzw_JanzGI/AAAAAAAACgY/r4uStjNRxLQ/s200/1939-picturephone.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TLCEWsLtI_I/AAAAAAAACj4/FNstTofrEbU/s1600/picturephone.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526062268135842802" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TLCEWsLtI_I/AAAAAAAACj4/FNstTofrEbU/s200/picturephone.bmp" /></a><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzv75odKPI/AAAAAAAACfI/hNL6Sr45RwY/s1600/2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525054655238580466" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzv75odKPI/AAAAAAAACfI/hNL6Sr45RwY/s200/2.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxz2XNN2I/AAAAAAAAChg/qqabhwtuPaw/s1600/relay+tower"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525056715945228130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxz2XNN2I/AAAAAAAAChg/qqabhwtuPaw/s200/relay+tower" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyulxKRPI/AAAAAAAACiw/DFA_cXbUSZo/s1600/tower.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 84px; HEIGHT: 127px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057725102966002" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyulxKRPI/AAAAAAAACiw/DFA_cXbUSZo/s200/tower.bmp" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyz5gaDoI/AAAAAAAACi4/en2wFbvxleM/s1600/transmission+twer.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 103px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057816300752514" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyz5gaDoI/AAAAAAAACi4/en2wFbvxleM/s200/transmission+twer.bmp" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzy5imwuXI/AAAAAAAACjA/CwJwVoUe6ns/s1600/transmission-tower-sd01-3c-b.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 154px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057913232603506" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzy5imwuXI/AAAAAAAACjA/CwJwVoUe6ns/s200/transmission-tower-sd01-3c-b.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyIeWHrnI/AAAAAAAACh4/PeNEgyniGcU/s1600/science+wonder+quarterly.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzvzY1Mu0I/AAAAAAAACfA/aXPY_ZFJ5NI/s1600/3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 136px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525054508994706242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzvzY1Mu0I/AAAAAAAACfA/aXPY_ZFJ5NI/s200/3.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzy-GjXuHI/AAAAAAAACjI/hP6gWzLMMCQ/s1600/TV3.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzzlGhofXI/AAAAAAAACjg/2Wz86uAvr0s/s1600/4.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525058661609143666" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzzlGhofXI/AAAAAAAACjg/2Wz86uAvr0s/s200/4.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKz0ZdDe2YI/AAAAAAAACjo/8PTJDOxk7Ak/s1600/rt.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 135px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525059561009895810" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKz0ZdDe2YI/AAAAAAAACjo/8PTJDOxk7Ak/s200/rt.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwHwUtMQI/AAAAAAAACfY/iCp4AWVBX4o/s1600/5.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525054858898256130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwHwUtMQI/AAAAAAAACfY/iCp4AWVBX4o/s200/5.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwMXZ9x7I/AAAAAAAACfg/Mqr8D9EO9-o/s1600/6.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 135px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525054938108774322" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwMXZ9x7I/AAAAAAAACfg/Mqr8D9EO9-o/s200/6.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>This one in particular blows me away! We still have a few more years to go until solar fields are a widespead reality. Remember, the above image was published in 1911!</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyRaBKmWI/AAAAAAAACiI/m3S_TCjhKeA/s1600/short-wave+craft.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzydunVfeI/AAAAAAAACiY/pOGCgc3W_1Y/s1600/solar-field.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 131px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057435419901410" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzydunVfeI/AAAAAAAACiY/pOGCgc3W_1Y/s200/solar-field.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyY-DqkDI/AAAAAAAACiQ/2gkglp5IuQU/s1600/solar+field.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057353665908786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyY-DqkDI/AAAAAAAACiQ/2gkglp5IuQU/s200/solar+field.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwi4bb7gI/AAAAAAAACgA/YhVk8tz8KnQ/s1600/10.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwQq6qdbI/AAAAAAAACfo/D5gcnWDEC2c/s1600/7.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 133px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525055012065670578" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwQq6qdbI/AAAAAAAACfo/D5gcnWDEC2c/s200/7.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>You need not go further that any NFL broadcast to see a woman wearing a similar apparatus.</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxVoERjuI/AAAAAAAACg4/-1-vpUgJ3Zw/s1600/inside+shuttle.bmp"></a> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxQ4K4i-I/AAAAAAAACgw/ffVH_EaMD4k/s1600/headphones.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 153px; HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525056115134991330" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxQ4K4i-I/AAAAAAAACgw/ffVH_EaMD4k/s200/headphones.bmp" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwYDEmubI/AAAAAAAACfw/zTa-L79ZegA/s1600/8.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 128px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525055138808904114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwYDEmubI/AAAAAAAACfw/zTa-L79ZegA/s200/8.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyRaBKmWI/AAAAAAAACiI/m3S_TCjhKeA/s1600/short-wave+craft.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwcrybgiI/AAAAAAAACf4/sydkPFKCylY/s1600/9.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525055218458001954" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwcrybgiI/AAAAAAAACf4/sydkPFKCylY/s200/9.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxa7gVtfI/AAAAAAAAChA/kK_NzUP9AQg/s1600/international_space_station_1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525056287828981234" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxa7gVtfI/AAAAAAAAChA/kK_NzUP9AQg/s200/international_space_station_1.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwi4bb7gI/AAAAAAAACgA/YhVk8tz8KnQ/s1600/10.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525055324930436610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwi4bb7gI/AAAAAAAACgA/YhVk8tz8KnQ/s200/10.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyRaBKmWI/AAAAAAAACiI/m3S_TCjhKeA/s1600/short-wave+craft.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwo395CCI/AAAAAAAACgI/OxV4-CmZY_g/s1600/11.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525055427885729826" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzwo395CCI/AAAAAAAACgI/OxV4-CmZY_g/s200/11.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxVoERjuI/AAAAAAAACg4/-1-vpUgJ3Zw/s1600/inside+shuttle.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525056196711648994" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxVoERjuI/AAAAAAAACg4/-1-vpUgJ3Zw/s200/inside+shuttle.bmp" /></a></div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzw14s3_eI/AAAAAAAACgQ/VxJoBwW76Z8/s1600/12.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525055651421093346" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzw14s3_eI/AAAAAAAACgQ/VxJoBwW76Z8/s200/12.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>If you still don't understand why present day science-fiction awards are called "Hugo's", here is the first magazine issue devoted to science-fiction and a few other of Gernsback's publications from my collection.</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyrKK3o3I/AAAAAAAACio/YBMJ-vbs0fQ/s1600/television+v1%232.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyA5TBruI/AAAAAAAAChw/QZeSrN6_g_M/s1600/science+and+invention-+sf+number.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 149px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525056940071300834" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyA5TBruI/AAAAAAAAChw/QZeSrN6_g_M/s200/science+and+invention-+sf+number.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div><img style="WIDTH: 159px; HEIGHT: 201px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525055887308999874" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxDnc7zMI/AAAAAAAACgg/rB8YzQsso5g/s200/all+about+tv+1927.jpg" /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyrKK3o3I/AAAAAAAACio/YBMJ-vbs0fQ/s1600/television+v1%232.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 148px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057666154996594" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyrKK3o3I/AAAAAAAACio/YBMJ-vbs0fQ/s200/television+v1%232.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>The first magazine devoted to television- 1927!</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzzDQm1fsI/AAAAAAAACjQ/PwDWZx_tGxc/s1600/TV5.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzy-GjXuHI/AAAAAAAACjI/hP6gWzLMMCQ/s1600/TV3.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 146px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057991601535090" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzy-GjXuHI/AAAAAAAACjI/hP6gWzLMMCQ/s200/TV3.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>1931</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzzDQm1fsI/AAAAAAAACjQ/PwDWZx_tGxc/s1600/TV5.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 148px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525058080199769794" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzzDQm1fsI/AAAAAAAACjQ/PwDWZx_tGxc/s200/TV5.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>The man in the picture is Gernsback himself, watching the invention he first predicted and whose name he coined.</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxsas2VEI/AAAAAAAAChY/aKjQ1J-VAuQ/s1600/radio-craft.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 145px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525056588260725826" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzxsas2VEI/AAAAAAAAChY/aKjQ1J-VAuQ/s200/radio-craft.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyIeWHrnI/AAAAAAAACh4/PeNEgyniGcU/s1600/science+wonder+quarterly.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 145px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057070275473010" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyIeWHrnI/AAAAAAAACh4/PeNEgyniGcU/s200/science+wonder+quarterly.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyRaBKmWI/AAAAAAAACiI/m3S_TCjhKeA/s1600/short-wave+craft.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 144px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057223732664674" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyRaBKmWI/AAAAAAAACiI/m3S_TCjhKeA/s200/short-wave+craft.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyM1lja5I/AAAAAAAACiA/gYlnFxRkZEw/s1600/short+wave+%26+television.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525057145233697682" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TKzyM1lja5I/AAAAAAAACiA/gYlnFxRkZEw/s200/short+wave+%26+television.jpg" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-53866131979203275552010-08-31T06:50:00.007-04:002010-08-31T07:10:24.555-04:00Another "Our" African American Magazine. Our Grapevine<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/THzhs_JAlOI/AAAAAAAACdY/K6pROfjvf1Q/s1600/our+grapevine.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 157px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511528206974358754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/THzhs_JAlOI/AAAAAAAACdY/K6pROfjvf1Q/s200/our+grapevine.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/THzhj9vWYZI/AAAAAAAACdQ/em_p_uWzi2Y/s1600/our+grapevine+contents.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 156px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511528051979477394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/THzhj9vWYZI/AAAAAAAACdQ/em_p_uWzi2Y/s200/our+grapevine+contents.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>I have written previously if the list of magazines that I have collected with the word "our" in the title that are publications intended for the African American community prior to the mid 1950's <div><br /><a href="http://magazinehistory.blogspot.com/2010/05/lena-horne-1917-2010-african-american.html">http://magazinehistory.blogspot.com/2010/05/lena-horne-1917-2010-african-american.html</a></div><div></div><div>I just obtained another exquisitely rare example on eBay. While undated it is from late 1955 0r early 1956 (referring to Willie Mays as 24 years old) and published by Perrin Publications in New York, being the equivalent of <em>Confidential</em>.<br /></div><div>There is only one reference to it on the web and it probably never made it to a second issue. Another exquisitely rare magazine and yet another wonderful reason to collect and appreciate magazines. Enjoy!</div><div></div><div>Here are some other rare related first issues. </div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/THzh0w6mcJI/AAAAAAAACdg/G3DAlSmlTZk/s1600/tan+confessions.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 154px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511528340594782354" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/THzh0w6mcJI/AAAAAAAACdg/G3DAlSmlTZk/s200/tan+confessions.jpg" /></a><img style="WIDTH: 155px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511527727037467602" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/THzhRDPIy9I/AAAAAAAACdI/kw757DXKKYA/s200/sepia+usa.jpg" /></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-79207587809249315012010-08-08T17:38:00.004-04:002010-08-08T17:56:34.559-04:00Happy 100th Birthday Boy Scouts. Boy's Life. Norman Rockwell<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TF8mZy7bTGI/AAAAAAAACcw/EOvopElMfMY/s1600/boy%27s+life.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 136px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503159494279646306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TF8mZy7bTGI/AAAAAAAACcw/EOvopElMfMY/s200/boy%27s+life.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Sorry for not posting more recently. I've been immersed in a new book on General Albert C. Wedemeyer. </div><br /><br /><div>One cannot discuss the history of the Boy Scouts without referencing their magazine <em>Boy's Life</em>, begun in 1911. The Boy Scouts have issued a number of more specialized periodicals, but <em>Boy's Life</em> is their flagship.Early issues are exceedingly rare. Rockwell's first ever magazine appearance (December 1912) and his first magazine cover (unsigned September 1913) are highlights.</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TF8nfFKUm7I/AAAAAAAACc4/BVLnNcoL3Ss/s1600/1913-09-Boys-Life-Norman-Rockwell-cover-Scout-at-Ships-Wheel-400.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 147px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503160684584934322" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TF8nfFKUm7I/AAAAAAAACc4/BVLnNcoL3Ss/s200/1913-09-Boys-Life-Norman-Rockwell-cover-Scout-at-Ships-Wheel-400.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>I had Rockwell sign a copy of this for me and traded it away.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I still own the first three issues and a volume from 1914 that was art edited by Rockwell (his first job in illustration) that contains dozens of his illustrations. Rockwell did illiustration from the magazine well into the 1970's. I don't believe that there has been a longer association between an illustrator and a magazine in publishing history. </div><div> </div><div>See you again soon.<br /><br /></div><div></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-13248420541432993672010-06-06T14:31:00.008-04:002010-06-06T14:41:55.969-04:00June 6thI can"t let this day pass without at least a little magazine tribute to the sacrifice made by our gallant troops sixty four years ago. Nothing here is specifically related to D-Day, but I think you'll get the point.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvq1t-8lWI/AAAAAAAACcg/vNn49WA59wI/s1600/dispatch+from+disney.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 139px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479731580223919458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvq1t-8lWI/AAAAAAAACcg/vNn49WA59wI/s200/dispatch+from+disney.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvqoi6EkmI/AAAAAAAACcY/Xvn27bxOyCU/s1600/der+gagbag.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 146px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479731353912382050" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvqoi6EkmI/AAAAAAAACcY/Xvn27bxOyCU/s200/der+gagbag.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvrB_sZEXI/AAAAAAAACco/1EaeR9NhuMM/s1600/post+yarns.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479731791136362866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvrB_sZEXI/AAAAAAAACco/1EaeR9NhuMM/s200/post+yarns.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvqgqJUISI/AAAAAAAACcQ/f-PiNzjDGKA/s1600/yank.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 146px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479731218416410914" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvqgqJUISI/AAAAAAAACcQ/f-PiNzjDGKA/s200/yank.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvqW7xW8XI/AAAAAAAACcI/ecxgeok2hgE/s1600/us+camera+iwo.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 160px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479731051349078386" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvqW7xW8XI/AAAAAAAACcI/ecxgeok2hgE/s200/us+camera+iwo.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvqOSAV9kI/AAAAAAAACcA/8uo0Ds70noE/s1600/stars+and+stripes+1945.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 164px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479730902698686018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAvqOSAV9kI/AAAAAAAACcA/8uo0Ds70noE/s200/stars+and+stripes+1945.jpg" /></a></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-65313555553847541232010-06-04T18:00:00.021-04:002010-06-04T23:08:53.384-04:00Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Paul Revere in Magazines.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm9gL0VFaI/AAAAAAAACb4/tnGRsYvdM44/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 95px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479118782298658210" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm9gL0VFaI/AAAAAAAACb4/tnGRsYvdM44/s200/images.jpg" /></a><br /><br />I just love how everything seems to fit together at times. The original idea for this post was to start a series of the first appearances of famous American literary figures in magazines; then it took on a life of its own. To wit:<br /><br />I first wrote of Longfellow's first appearance in 1996 in the first book I self-published (item 174). The image was of low resolution, as megabytes and software were sparse, cumbersome and expensive at the time.<br /><br />When Longfellow was a student at his beloved Bowdoin College in Maine, his first two published works appeared in the fourth issue, April 1824, of James McHenry's <em>American Monthly Magazine </em>(one of three of the same title that appeared within a decade, distinguished by me by the editor).<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2g-e2ggI/AAAAAAAACaA/pSbgvIZUK5Q/s1600/am+monthly+mag+1825.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479111099317387778" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2g-e2ggI/AAAAAAAACaA/pSbgvIZUK5Q/s200/am+monthly+mag+1825.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2nNtToII/AAAAAAAACaI/9s0VvkXwxdk/s1600/am+monthly+mag+1833.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 127px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479111206483763330" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2nNtToII/AAAAAAAACaI/9s0VvkXwxdk/s200/am+monthly+mag+1833.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm5rotx1II/AAAAAAAACbw/NJFRKGeBWBs/s1600/am+onthly+mag+1829.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 135px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479114580987860098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm5rotx1II/AAAAAAAACbw/NJFRKGeBWBs/s200/am+onthly+mag+1829.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div>The first appearance was anonymous and quite lengthy for the time,the second a mere two stanzas signed H.W.L.<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3lyj4Z2I/AAAAAAAACbA/q0ZqYESbU00/s1600/poor+student+1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 116px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479112281528231778" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3lyj4Z2I/AAAAAAAACbA/q0ZqYESbU00/s200/poor+student+1.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3ub3mm1I/AAAAAAAACbI/6wuJEgPSqg8/s1600/poor+student+2.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 102px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479112430055758674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3ub3mm1I/AAAAAAAACbI/6wuJEgPSqg8/s200/poor+student+2.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3XAr3--I/AAAAAAAACaw/PECUBqElSVc/s1600/hwl.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 124px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479112027621817314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3XAr3--I/AAAAAAAACaw/PECUBqElSVc/s200/hwl.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div>One of America's most revered poets, Longfellow enjoyed great celebrity during his lifetime and his work appeared in over a dozen different magzines during his lifetime. See: Bibiography of American Periodicals by Richard West and yours truly (copies available directly from Periodyssey).<br /></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow</a><br /><br />Perhaps the most famous af all is Paul Revere's Ride that appeared in the venerable <em>Atlantic Monthly</em> in January 1861. This epic essentially rewrote history and still today defines Revere as an American legend. Before the poem he was best remembered as a talented but obscure silversmith and engraver.<br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2vrtfHZI/AAAAAAAACaQ/vslRD_xHA4M/s1600/atlantic+paul+revere.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 130px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479111351976533394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2vrtfHZI/AAAAAAAACaQ/vslRD_xHA4M/s200/atlantic+paul+revere.jpg" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3baKhTQI/AAAAAAAACa4/D0aq7P6ZGko/s1600/Paul_Revere%27s_Ride.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479112103180717314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3baKhTQI/AAAAAAAACa4/D0aq7P6ZGko/s200/Paul_Revere%27s_Ride.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere%27s_Ride_(poem">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere%27s_Ride_(poem</a>)<br /><br />Now listen my readers and you shall hear<br />of the wonderful engravings of Paul Revere. </div><br /><div>The images he made in the magazine Royal</div><div>gave patriots cause to be no longer loyal.</div><div> </div><div></div><div>While he may be remembered for his famous ride</div><div>his artwork did more for the colonist's pride.</div><br /><div></div><div>The most important contribution Revere actually made to American independence were the graphic images he engraved that incited the anti-British factions in colonial society. Perhaps the most notable is his image of the Boston Massacre. </div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3OIz-wPI/AAAAAAAACao/hDNFV4YyMMI/s1600/boston+massacre.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 146px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479111875184476402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3OIz-wPI/AAAAAAAACao/hDNFV4YyMMI/s200/boston+massacre.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div> </div><div>but the "evil doctor" was, as you can see, was quite inflammatory. </div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm34KHo04I/AAAAAAAACbY/rKXPpb6I0_4/s1600/royal+am+bitter+draught.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 136px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479112597089866626" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm34KHo04I/AAAAAAAACbY/rKXPpb6I0_4/s200/royal+am+bitter+draught.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div></div><div>Revere's engravings in magazines are rare and quite valuable ($500 to $20,000 depending on the image) and appear exclusively in the <em>Royal American Magazine</em>, published between January 1774 and March 1775. </div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3zfCRqjI/AAAAAAAACbQ/P7KF30p0smo/s1600/royal+am+1-74.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 117px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479112516805175858" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm3zfCRqjI/AAAAAAAACbQ/P7KF30p0smo/s200/royal+am+1-74.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm4QWF4JkI/AAAAAAAACbo/9VN8U7Tph9g/s1600/royal+am+wraps.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 194px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479113012620568130" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm4QWF4JkI/AAAAAAAACbo/9VN8U7Tph9g/s200/royal+am+wraps.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>The first issue rare wrappers</div><br /><div></div><div>I have been fortunate to obtain all the issues except the last two and the balance of the Revere engravings, a feat which today would be very difficult to duplicate<br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2z0figBI/AAAAAAAACaY/f0HTBRdzOl4/s1600/bees.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479111423053430802" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2z0figBI/AAAAAAAACaY/f0HTBRdzOl4/s200/bees.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div></div><div>Here is the most valuable. It appeared in the first issue. I've never had the opportunity to purchase this one and cringe at how much a nice copy would bring today. <em>Royal American </em><em>Magazine</em> and Revere's engravings did much to incite the colonial fervor for independence. </div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm295j5chI/AAAAAAAACag/u__X_UkIvAs/s1600/boston+harbor.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 283px; HEIGHT: 167px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479111596212580882" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm295j5chI/AAAAAAAACag/u__X_UkIvAs/s200/boston+harbor.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>When Revere rode to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock in Boston he surely knew what they looked like, having engraved them in 1774! </div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2Y6qPVTI/AAAAAAAACZ4/YqB99PJDxi0/s1600/royal+am+s+adams.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 146px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479110960852456754" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm2Y6qPVTI/AAAAAAAACZ4/YqB99PJDxi0/s200/royal+am+s+adams.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm389xlU5I/AAAAAAAACbg/iU5I96jh6FU/s1600/royal+am+hancock.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 152px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479112679675483026" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/TAm389xlU5I/AAAAAAAACbg/iU5I96jh6FU/s200/royal+am+hancock.jpg" /></a></div><div></div><div>next: Nathanial Hawthorne</div><div></div><div>periodically, SL</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095696750515556768.post-5339882240780143022010-05-25T18:50:00.025-04:002010-05-25T21:52:29.216-04:00The Illustrated California News. Illustrated Newspapers<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x2TzyyEVI/AAAAAAAACYo/5SNGjalp7jk/s1600/number+1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475381329668477266" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x2TzyyEVI/AAAAAAAACYo/5SNGjalp7jk/s200/number+1.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div><div>I am often asked what is the most I've ever spent on any individual item. The answer is that in 2007 I purchased a complete run of <em>The Illustrated California News</em> <em>(ICN)</em> for $15,000. <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x4jFetq9I/AAAAAAAACZg/h8d8hHlB1A8/s1600/uls.jpg"></a> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1vbFWJdI/AAAAAAAACYY/qMZ7dlAHXV0/s1600/letter.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 176px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475380704560162258" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1vbFWJdI/AAAAAAAACYY/qMZ7dlAHXV0/s200/letter.jpg" /></a></div><div>As you can see it is a great rarity, only two holdings are listed in the Union List of Serials. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x4jFetq9I/AAAAAAAACZg/h8d8hHlB1A8/s1600/uls.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 25px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475383791137434578" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x4jFetq9I/AAAAAAAACZg/h8d8hHlB1A8/s200/uls.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>I owned one issue previously (and still do) , which I bought from Periodyssey but the opportunity to obtain a complete file of six issues was too hard to resist. As the first of its genre it represents a key title to obtain.<br /></div><div>It is remarkable that America's first illustrated newspaper (IN) began in the brand new state of California, spurred no doubt, as many other commercial ventures, out of the boom of the gold rush. This magazine then gives me an opportunity to discuss the entire genre and, of course, show off some of the highlights of my collection.</div><div><br /></div><div>The first publication to use the term "illustrated news" was the British <em>London Illustrated News</em> in 1842. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1LgkROtI/AAAAAAAACX4/VGxDxJ8SzX8/s1600/iln1842first.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 136px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475380087556750034" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1LgkROtI/AAAAAAAACX4/VGxDxJ8SzX8/s200/iln1842first.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's one of the great illustrations from <em>ICN</em>. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x21sgh14I/AAAAAAAACY4/-QovUNI9bc8/s1600/p+47.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 152px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475381911828420482" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x21sgh14I/AAAAAAAACY4/-QovUNI9bc8/s200/p+47.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>and a nice discussion of illustrated newspapers, and in particular Gleason's and Ballou's, commonly encountered titles from the 1850's. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/gleason_gen.shtml">http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/gleason_gen.shtml</a><a href="http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/gleason_gen.shtml">litho/gleason_gen</a><a href="http://www.baxleystamps.com/litho/gleason_gen.shtml">.shtml</a><br /></div><div>The most commonly encountered IN's are <em>Harper's Weekly</em> and <em>Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper</em>, the latter being somewhat less common and, in some cases, having more graphic images. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_xzGGakS7I/AAAAAAAACXA/e-bXlC1Svq8/s1600/harper%27s+lincoln.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475377795614133170" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_xzGGakS7I/AAAAAAAACXA/e-bXlC1Svq8/s200/harper%27s+lincoln.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1nm_8XfI/AAAAAAAACYQ/ekxqVfwvvkI/s1600/leslie%27s+illustrated+v1%231.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 139px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475380570319773170" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1nm_8XfI/AAAAAAAACYQ/ekxqVfwvvkI/s200/leslie%27s+illustrated+v1%231.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Here, for instance, is the issue following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1gj2YlwI/AAAAAAAACYI/A-Xts4Rxb4w/s1600/leslie%27s++4-29-65.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475380449215289090" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1gj2YlwI/AAAAAAAACYI/A-Xts4Rxb4w/s200/leslie%27s++4-29-65.jpg" /></a></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_xzGGakS7I/AAAAAAAACXA/e-bXlC1Svq8/s1600/harper%27s+lincoln.jpg"></a> </div><div>The issues depicting early baseball are particularly valuable. <em>Harper's Weekly's</em> claim to fame are the illustrations of Winslow Homer ("Snap the Whip" the most valuable) and Thomas Nast, the creator of the Republican elephant, Democratic donkey and Tammany tiger, as well as the modern image of Santa Claus. </div><div> </div><div>Successful magazines invariably produce clones. Here is a rare title, <em>Kelley's Weekly</em>, that bears a strong resemblence in format to <em>Harper's Weekly</em>. Interestingly, this issue contains an original contribution by Mark Twain, the earliest of any part, containing unique illustrations, of what became "Innocent's Abroad".<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1YCVZapI/AAAAAAAACYA/T8CBjeYG5AE/s1600/kelley%27s+weekly.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475380302779607698" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x1YCVZapI/AAAAAAAACYA/T8CBjeYG5AE/s200/kelley%27s+weekly.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Some early and rare examples of IN's. <em>Illustrated News</em> was published by none other than the irrepressible showman P.T Barnum.<br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x0dWUVh4I/AAAAAAAACXg/uWZ8-JBtsBQ/s1600/illustrated+american+news.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 134px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475379294531585922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x0dWUVh4I/AAAAAAAACXg/uWZ8-JBtsBQ/s200/illustrated+american+news.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x19etHHmI/AAAAAAAACYg/llXFexvXbmQ/s1600/montgomery%27s+pictorial+times.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 135px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475380946050424418" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x19etHHmI/AAAAAAAACYg/llXFexvXbmQ/s200/montgomery%27s+pictorial+times.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x0nsLKY8I/AAAAAAAACXo/EBca0A-q_jU/s1600/illustrated+news.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475379472197379010" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x0nsLKY8I/AAAAAAAACXo/EBca0A-q_jU/s200/illustrated+news.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>There were even titles published in German.<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_xyqWb_bkI/AAAAAAAACW4/Z31vM5mbQ3U/s1600/fl+zeitung.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 130px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475377318878735938" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_xyqWb_bkI/AAAAAAAACW4/Z31vM5mbQ3U/s200/fl+zeitung.jpg" /></a></div><div> </div><div>The format also was used for specialty magazines as well.<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x0MBXJC1I/AAAAAAAACXQ/E_uz_Ljjsx8/s1600/illust+d+%26s+news.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 132px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475378996848429906" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x0MBXJC1I/AAAAAAAACXQ/E_uz_Ljjsx8/s200/illust+d+%26s+news.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x0VUpoLUI/AAAAAAAACXY/jrRe-C_bG6Q/s1600/illust+graphic+news.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 129px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475379156645064002" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x0VUpoLUI/AAAAAAAACXY/jrRe-C_bG6Q/s200/illust+graphic+news.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x01eKf7cI/AAAAAAAACXw/DAgxggofgYA/s1600/illustrated+war+news.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475379708954668482" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x01eKf7cI/AAAAAAAACXw/DAgxggofgYA/s200/illustrated+war+news.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>and, of course, the Confederates (after all these magazines are American, albeit of the secessionist variety) were soon to publish an IR of their own, having less pages due to a lack of raw materials. These issues are obviously quite rare, the earliest and latest even moreso.<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x3StDb1bI/AAAAAAAACZA/FYeksdWX-HY/s1600/sin+1.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 136px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475382410191033778" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x3StDb1bI/AAAAAAAACZA/FYeksdWX-HY/s200/sin+1.jpg" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x4TfTjZCI/AAAAAAAACZQ/IE56IiKWJn0/s1600/sin+number+9.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 136px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475383523192038434" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x4TfTjZCI/AAAAAAAACZQ/IE56IiKWJn0/s200/sin+number+9.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x4CjlEFVI/AAAAAAAACZI/td5kzpyXjdk/s1600/sin+longstreet.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475383232281449810" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x4CjlEFVI/AAAAAAAACZI/td5kzpyXjdk/s200/sin+longstreet.jpg" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_xz5aFEeyI/AAAAAAAACXI/Gljow_ZUvNE/s1600/illust+chicago+news.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div>After California, many cities (some relatively small) had their own titles. The Chicago title is quite rare as is, obviously, the one from Sioux Falls. Note the image of the great Walt Whitman, just one of the many benefits of collecting periodicals.<br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_xz5aFEeyI/AAAAAAAACXI/Gljow_ZUvNE/s1600/illust+chicago+news.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 140px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475378677066005282" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_xz5aFEeyI/AAAAAAAACXI/Gljow_ZUvNE/s200/illust+chicago+news.jpg" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x2bwxTKnI/AAAAAAAACYw/-06IAQMoLQ8/s1600/ny+illus+news.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 142px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475381466295904882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x2bwxTKnI/AAAAAAAACYw/-06IAQMoLQ8/s200/ny+illus+news.jpg" /></a><img style="WIDTH: 147px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475383707565983778" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yE1jakaG6kk/S_x4eOJuiCI/AAAAAAAACZY/Z7s85otusOM/s200/sioux+city+illust+news.jpg" /></div><div> </div><div>So, you see, there really is a method to my madness!</div><div> </div><div>Periodically yours,</div><div><br /></div><div>SL</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Steven Lomazow M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08595077768521739130noreply@blogger.com0