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Liberty Magazine Historical Archive, 1924-1950 is a complete online facsimile edition of every issue of the weekly, general-interest magazine, Liberty. Launched in 1924, its publishers set out to make the magazine more topical, daring and exciting than any competitors. Information was presented in a style heavily influenced by the emerging motion picture industry and focused on the most sensational and popular issues. With a circulation of over three million, it charted the moods, attitudes, lifestyles, fads, and fortunes of middle America. Its prominence and willingness to pay for the best attracted original contributions from some of the greatest artists, writers, celebrities, and statesmen of the age.
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