Magazine article

By: Ranger

Date: June 1939

Source: Ranger. "Television in the 1930s." Esquire, June 1939. Reprinted online at http://www.tvhistory.tv/1939-June-Esquire.jpg; website home page: http://www.tvhistory.tv/ (accessed March 1, 2003).

About the Publication: Begun in the fall of 1933, Esquire remains a monthly magazine marketed towards males and includes commentary on trends in American culture—from fashion and entertainment to politics, technology, and fitness. In more recent years the Esquire publishers have put out a line of guide books titled Things a Man Should Know that cover topics such as personal style and marriage.

Introduction

Although Americans first heard of television years before its much-publicized appearance at...