SH Archive Early 20th century magazine covers

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It's interesting what they used to place on their magazine covers early in the 20th century. While some of the images are somewhat ok, the others are a bit strange.

That dinosaur obviously has nothing to do with technology, but it just completes the picture.

Interesting things they were publishing back then. Why wouldn't you buy a magazine with a cover like this?

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Username: Jenny
Date: 2018-05-23 18:46:07
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Sci-fi was very popular then. It has a long history. History of Science Fiction Part I

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2018-05-23 18:59:36
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With the only question of how much Sci-Fi there actually is in that Sci-Fi.

 

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Username: humanoidlord
Date: 2018-05-23 22:38:52
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maybe its a message about what we had before the cover up?
note the dates of the publications

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-12-04 07:23:00
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I think some of those early magazine covers could contain more history than most of our history books.

 

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Username: Timeshifter
Date: 2019-12-04 08:45:42
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An easy way to disguise real history, pack it up as sci fi, easy as pie!

 

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Username: codis
Date: 2019-12-04 10:42:29
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I think some of those early magazine covers could contain more history than most of our history books.

I agree.
Many depicted devices existed already at that time, only in slightly different form. Some things appear silly even for that time - like the propeller drive of the suspension railway.

 

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Username: KorbenDallas
Date: 2019-12-04 10:47:44
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Some things appear silly even for that time - like the propeller drive of the suspension railway.

This one here? The 120mph propeller-driven 'Railplane' that ferried commuters to work in 1930s Glasgow.

Completely new solutions in the railway industry appeared in 1920. Then, the first propeller-driven railway called the “Railplane” was constructed in Milngavie, Scotland. Unfortunately, the propellers mounted at the front and back of the vehicle had significant drags on curves. However, the experiments were continued and in 1923 in Germany engineer Franz Kruckenberg used propeller propulsion for his suspended monorail.

• Propeller Trains

 

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Username: codis
Date: 2019-12-04 13:59:48
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I know, nothing is too silly to not be tried ...

 

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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2019-12-04 14:05:35
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Any text to go with the covers? Paris and France seem to be where lots of our inquiries lead us...

 

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Date: 2019-12-04 22:03:15
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Username: Starmonkey
Date: 2019-12-04 22:32:40
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In English even. Although I should probably learn French. Some translations don't do it justice. More esoteric ones, I suppose. Not this periodical, necessarily.

 

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Username: esgee1
Date: 2019-12-05 23:09:13
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Exploration and technology in my understanding were big back then and of great interest with a magical affect. The magazine covers certainly scratch that itch. Still are today, although maybe not quite as magical to the average person today since we're used to a lot of the technology now and have maps of entire Earth now in our day to day lives.

That's my two cents. Cheers!