Magazine covers

Date: February 1930

Source: Fortune, February 1930, September 1930, December 1937, May 1938, July 1939, front covers. Available online at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/PRINT/fortune/fortunethum... ; website home page: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s (accessed March 12, 2003).

Introduction

Fortune magazine hit the newsstands during one of the most tumultuous periods in American history—the Great Depression. Four months after the stock market crash of 1929, Fortune appeared before a weary, disgruntled public that was threatened with complete economic downfall. Despite the misfortune, millions of Americans struggled through during the 1930s. The publishers of Fortune decided that a market would remain for readers...