War Magazines 2

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Prepared for the New Jersey WW2 Book Club Holiday DinnerWest Orange, New Jersey, December 13, 2010

By Steven Lomazow, M.D.


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The word magazine was first used by Edward Cave on a periodical in 1731 in his GentlemansMagazine of London, as it was intended as a storehouse of information. The first two exquisitely

rare American magazines appeared in 1741. The idea came from Benjamin Franklin, who was

beaten to press by three days by Andrew Bradford.


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The first engraved plate in a American magazine


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During what war was the 1745 Battle of Louisburgh fought?

a) The War of Austrian Succession

b) The Seven Years Warc) King Georges Ward) a and ce) None of the above

Answer: d


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The only magazine published in the

American colonies during the French andIndian War, featured the first American

political cartoon.

Praevalebit AequiorOr, the more equitable will prevail

The motto amplifies the importanceof the Native American in tipping thebalance of the war. The Frenchman offersa tomahawk and a purse of money while

the Englishman holds out a bible androll of cloth.

This political cartoon editorializes that ifNative Americans made the proper moraldecision, that the British would prevail.


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Revolutionary War

While Paul Reveres ride was amplified in importance by Longfellows 1861 poeminAtlantic Monthly, Reveres engravings in Royal American Magazine did much to

incite colonial revolutionary passion


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Thomas Paines Pennsylvania Magazinewas the only magazine printed in 1775 and 1776The June 1776 issue contains the first printed notice of independence. The Declaration

appeared in the last issue in July


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April 1776

PhillisWheatleysOde to

George Washington

The first literary work publishedby an African American

in Pennsylvania Magazine


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This is how most Americans found out what these iconic men looked like!


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Military Repository 1796

The first American Magazine devoted to War


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The first periodical published inAmerica devoted to contemporaryreports of a war.


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The first printed image of the White House appeared in a British ladies magazine


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The first national appearance of what was to become The Star Spangled Bannerpublished in Analectic Magazine in November 1814


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The most comprehensive magazine accounts of the Mexican War werepublished in this New York humor magazine. It featured the serialization of

Authentic Anecdotes of Old Zack (Taylor) By Herman Melville.


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Rare and important periodicals published by African AmericansFrederick Douglass and nearly forgotten Martin Robinson Delaney


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The motto of this 1858 Alabama Magazine speaks volumes


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The serialization of Harriet Beecher Stowes classic in this abolitionist periodicalwas one of the most important factors to incite the Civil War


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The two most widely circulated periodicals in the

North were Harpers Weekly and Frank LesliesIllustrated Newspaper. The engraving of a beardlessLincoln, taken from a Matthew Brady photo did muchto promote Lincolns image. Winslow Homers 1862image of sharpshooter is his most important of theera. Leslies contemporary images of Lincolns

assassination are graphic and valuable.


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There is a nearly countless panoply of Union magazines,

including short-lived publications associated with sanitaryfairs, akin to todays Red Cross. Dime Novels and Storypapers romanticized the massive carnage during and afterthe war. There was even an astrological publication thatfeatured Lincolns horoscope in 1860 and correctlyforewarned of his assassination in April 1865!


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Confederate publications are far scarcer due to lack of raw materials.General Lees account of the Pennsylvania campaign is featured on the

first page of this official journal.


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The Southern Illustrated Newswas the Confederate equivalent of Harpers Weekly,Though issues are considerably scarcer and more valuable to collectors


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Copperhead magazines were printed in the North by those with Southernsympathies. The Old Guardis the most common.


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For many years after the war, periodicals reflected ongoing Southern sympathies


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While in the North, Military publishing focused on the veteran


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Eventually a spirit of reconciliation predominated.


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The Spanish American War was greatly influenced by journalists, especially WilliamRandolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer whose competition over R.F. Outcaults

cartoon character, The Yellow Kid, and blatant sensationalism spurred the termYellow Journalism


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In the golden age of American illustration, magazines were graphicallybeautiful. The Soldiers Letter, issued by American forces in the Philippines,

was the first to be published overseas.


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James Montgomery Flaggs iconic image of Uncle Sam, the most famous Americanimage of the war, was adapted from a 1914 British poster of Lord Kitchener. It

appeared twice on the cover ofLeslies Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, the secondwith the caption I Want You. The famous poster was released after the magazine.


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There are dozens of First World War magazine images, including those issued forthe AEF in France.


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Not all were pro-British!


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Harveys

George Harveys War Weeklywas the most important and comprehensive title


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Magazines heralded the upcoming conflict beginning in the early thirties


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As a sign of unity and resolve, in July 1942, every magazine included a flag


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The massive war effort produced a cornucopia of war images


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Including this parody of Hitler as Edgar Bergen


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And this from Disney Studios that was sent to all of its former employees overseas,including a racy (and controversial) centerfold pinup. The cover theme is from the

Disney cartoon Der Fuehrer's Face, that won an Oscar and was later banned.


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The generations greatest illustrator, Norman Rockwell, pitched in with many covers for theSaturday Evening Post, the most memorable of Rosie the Riveter, adapted from a drawing

by Michaelangelo. He also created a series of paintings of Willie Gillis his prototypical

American GI, here seen on pony editions intended for soldiers overseas.


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The most famous image to come out of the war was Joe Rosenthals iconic photo ofthe second flag raising at Iwo Jima. The crude wire photo first appeared on a military

newspaper and was shortly reproduced on a national magazine.


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Wikileaks notwithstanding, the publishing of top secret State Department documentsinAmerasia magazine created a firestorm that was later to fuel the red-baiting of

Senator Joseph McCarthy. Henry Luces LIFEmagazine provided the best record of

ongoing WW2 photojournalism, including this one from VJ day.


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Quite remarkably, there are no iconic

images from the Korean War.The cover ofTime Magazine featuredthe personalities of this turbulent era


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In 1956, a cultural exchange program provided an opportunity for America and the

Soviet Union to put their best foot forward.


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The War in Vietnam was reported with distinctly greater candor than any previous conflict

Rankwas published in Vietnam predominantly as a Tokyo tour guide for soldiers on liberty


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These two magazines have the same issue date. The first was pulled after the even moremonumental tragedy of the assassination of Martin Luther King


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Likewise, this Orangutan cover was rapidly changed when a shocking and dramaticphoto of a legless child was received


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