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Do you ever read old magazines?

posted 8 years ago by Thor-Delta
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For example, lately I've been reading two magazines from the 1900s, Phonogram and Edison Phonograph Monthly, via the Internet Archive.

Phonogram, in the version I am reading lasted from 1900 to 1902, although a related but very different magazine existed prior to this (1891 to 1893) and there was also another magazine with the same name from 1904 to 19??. The latter two were issued by Edison Records as a publicity piece for them. The 1900-1902 version features articles about cylinder records, short fiction stories, and a list of the new Edison Records for the month.

Edison Phonograph Monthly was issued, I believe, from 1903 to 1916, and was intended for trade use only. It features advice on selling records to the public, articles about the Edison company and Thomas Edison himself, pictures of stores which sell the records, reports about the selling of the records internationally, and each issue features a list of the new records for the month, which a description of each record (again to help the stores sell the records).

Does anyone on here ever read old magazines?

Have you played Atari today?

[–] jumbax626 8 years ago

My brother had a collection of Popular Mechanics from the 1950's. It was fun reading articles about atonic powered everything, trips to mars by the 1970s,
and how food was going to be synthesized from algae.

[–] indy_go_blue44 8 years ago

I have a bound, reprinted complete set of Civil War Illustrated (1962-1968) that I take off the shelf every now and again. What fascinates me is the advertising. You could have taken a 3 day bus or train trip to Gettysburg for the centennial, which included lodging and 2 meals/day, for $295. A complete reproduction officer's uniform (blue or grey) was offered for $29. Unreal.

I also have some Real West and Old West magazines from the '90s I can't bring myself to toss.

[–] drunkbear 8 years ago

I've got a box full of my Dad's old hot rod magazines and Popular Mechanics from the 1950s and 1960s. If I spot something interesting at a garage sale, I'll usually pick it up; that's how I wound up with a bunch of NYT Sunday Supplements from the WWI era.

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[–] theauxphou 8 years ago

Yeah, Playboy. The Girls of Sydney edition, 1985.

[–] Akzidenz_Grotesk 8 years ago

That's bonzer, mate. Any of them you'd care to have a naughty with?

"Encerrarlo, y no habla."

[–] theauxphou 8 years ago

I dunno about that. Those models would now be, like, 50-something years old.