American Decades
"Television in the 1930s"
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...
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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
