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Turn-of-the-Century reading material

No, not this century, the last century.
Anybody know what the man on the street would have been reading in NYC from around 1890 to 1910?
I know Harper's Weekly was around, and it seems to be really well-indexed on some websites (www.harpweek.com), with some items available for download and others for purchase.
I'll probably end up at the NYC Reference Library next week, but I was curious if anybody else knew of some good resources.

Alan Brooks

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[/nq] How about the Museum of the City of New York? There is probably a library and more than likely a historian or two who could help. I was once there on a research trip & found it a pretty good resource.

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[nq:1]I'll probably end up at the NYC Reference Library next week, but I was curious if anybody else knew of some good resources.[/nq]
How about the Museum of the City of New York?
There is probably a library and more than likely a historian or two who could help.
I was once there on a research trip & found it a pretty good resource.

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Alan Brooks wrote on 12/8/2005 :
[nq:1]Anybody know what the man on the street would have been reading in NYC from around 1890 to 1910?[/nq]
The New Yorker? I bought the series on CD, but I haven't perused it yet.

Jeri Jo & Little Garcia Bear
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[nq:1]No, not this century, the last century. Anybody know what the man on the street would have been reading in ... but I was curious if anybody else knew of some good resources. Alan Brooks A with an Underwood[/nq]
Harper's Weekly
Life
Scientific American
Colliers
Saturday Evening Post (began around turn of the century) Popular Science
McCall's Magazine
Among
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[nq:1]No, not this century, the last century. Anybody know what the man on the street would have been reading in NYC from around 1890 to 1910?[/nq]
The Atlantic Monthly was a big influence.
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I read this great article recently, which I found on microfilm in a library, in the San Francisco Examiner where Sinclair Lewis blasted marriage much to a listening waiter's dismay. It's pretty funny. 1909, and what a sixties mindset.
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[nq:2]Anybody know what the man on the street would have been reading in NYC from around 1890 to 1910?[/nq]
[nq:1]Harper's Weekly Life Scientific American Colliers Saturday Evening Post (began around turn of the century) Popular Science McCall's Magazine Among others that are lurking at the edge of my brain...[/nq]
Waitaminute, Caroline... How old are you really???

Alan Brooks
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[nq:2]Harper's Weekly Life Scientific American Colliers Saturday Evening Post (began ... others that are lurking at the edge of my brain...[/nq]
[nq:1]Waitaminute, Caroline... How old are you really???[/nq]
Old enough to know better, young enough not to care.

Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that means.
Joel Coen
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[nq:1]Alan Brooks wrote on 12/8/2005 :[/nq]
[nq:2]Anybody know what the man on the street would have been reading in NYC from around 1890 to 1910?[/nq]
[nq:1]The New Yorker? I bought the series on CD, but I haven't perused it yet.[/nq]
I'm definitely buying a copy of that myself if Santa doesn't leave it under the tree.
But it starts in 1925, which is a little late for my cu
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[nq:1]How about the Museum of the City of New York? http://www.mcny.org/[/nq]
Thanks. An even better idea than the reference library. I lived right across the park from that museum for 10 years and I've still never visited. I'll call them today.
Also, the NY Historical Society, now that you've reminded me. I don't even need
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[nq:1]The Atlantic Monthly was a big influence.[/nq]
Excellent pointer their online search found a dozen articles for me already (all pay-for, but probably worth it to me).

Thanks.
Alan Brooks

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