American Decades
Fortune Magazine Covers
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...
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1930's Media Primary Sources
- Fortune Magazine Covers
- Amos 'n' Andy Radio Episode 920
- Near v. Minnesota
- "An Emergency Is On!"
- Roosevelt and the Media
- Photography of the Great Depression
- The Lindbergh Case and the Media
- "Landon 1,293,669; Roosevelt, 972,897: Final Returns in the Digest's Poll of Ten Million Voters"
- The Rise of National Magazines
- "Are We Going Communist? A Debate"
- "How to Stay Out of War"
- "The Crash of the Hindenburg"
- Action Comics No. 1
- "Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact"
- "Television in the 1930s"
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
