{"id":62040,"date":"2023-10-27T03:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T03:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/?p=62040"},"modified":"2023-10-26T16:30:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T16:30:25","slug":"on-the-news-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2023\/10\/27\/on-the-news-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"On the news stand"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week on ‘picture postals’, news-stands of the 1930s and 40s, via the best images to be found at the Library of Congress. Here cropped, contrast-adjusted and reduced to a manageable-but-still-big size from the huge .TIF files.<\/p>\n

It’s interesting to see how they were purveyed. Upside down, in one picture. <\/p>\n

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And quite mixed in another picture from 1939, where Sky Devils<\/em> can end up right next to Complete Love<\/em>, and Weird Tales<\/em> is jammed between Home Friend<\/em> and Consumers Digest<\/em>…<\/p>\n

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Perhaps the war made them more organised, so that they could be more easily given the once-over for seditious material during wartime?<\/p>\n

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This week on ‘picture postals’, news-stands of the 1930s and 40s, via the best images to be found at the …<\/p>\n

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