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20th Century Magazines

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The 20th century was the Magazine Century. The form hardly existed before it, and in some respects it is barely surviving after it.

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A pretty smart choice, when viewed with 2020 (well, 2017) hindsight. Runners up were Gandhi and FDR.

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This is the original Kool-aid. (As in "they drank the Kool-aid") Only it wasn't Kool-aid.

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One of the most compelling (and controversial) covers of the '60s.
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This cover represents a spate of generic and generically represented white dudes in suits. My, but there were a lot of them.
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An example of Time's penchant for enlisting fine artists as illustrators.
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