Episode 190: Life Magazine

from Everything is a Primary Source · host Eric Salmonsen

S5E10: "Life Goes On: Life magazine as a reporter of historic eras"Life magazine has been in print since the 1880s, but the monthly photographic document publication that usually springs to mind began its run in 1936. My drop-in guest at NH Makers Fair (apologies for background noise) and I spoke to all iterations of Life to decide how the publication has reflected the excitement of the 20th century in America.

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