Monthly Archives: September 2022

The Golden Age of Optimism: Pulp Science Fiction

The Golden Age of Optimism: Pulp Science Fiction

A Golden Age of Optimism The literary genre of science fiction as we know it today came into its own with the April 1926 edition of Amazing Stories, edited by Hugo Gernsback. It was the very first magazine dedicated exclusively to scientific fiction. Filled with reprints of stories by H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Edgar [...]

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Vintage Linen Postcards Created Brightness During the Depression

Vintage Linen Postcards Created Brightness During the Depression

The iconic photo, "Migrant Mother," by photographer Dorothea Lange, came to symbolize the Great Depression. The period of time from the early 1930s to 1950 was an era of deep uncertainty in America. The economic devastation of the Great Depression paired with the sacrifices made during World War II left the nation’s landscape looking bleak. [...]

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