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1. Magazines

2. Early History of Magazines
• “magazine” from French word magasin,
meaning storehouse or shop
• Colonial magazines - first in 1741,
Philadelphia
• 1776 - about 100 operating

3. Early History of Magazines
– North American Review (1815)
– Saturday Evening Post (1821)

4. Early History of Magazines
• 1850 - nearly 600 magazines
Godey’s Lady’s Book (1850s)

5. Early History of Magazines
• The Nation (1865)
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• 1870s - about 1200 magazines
• Postal Act of 1879: postal rates went down

6. Early History of Magazines
Pictorial Pioneers

8. Harper’s Weekly/Photos around 1890

9. Early History of Magazines
• 1905 - more than 6000
• In 1903, Ladies’ Home Journal reached
circulation of 1 million.
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10. Early History of Magazines
• Magazines help readers to see
themselves as part of nation