Monday, September 3, 2012

Pulp fiction: ten-story love magazine

My daughter and I recently accompanied my parents up to the Gold Country for some heat, relaxation, good eats, antiquing and wine tasting. I picked up this pulp magazine for five bucks at The Emporium in Jamestown.

Evidence of inflation: the magazine was originally sold for ten cents, back in July of 1946. My grandparents would have been entering their twenties at the time, perhaps at university, acclimating to life after war. As far as I know, this magazine was published monthly from at least 1941 to 1950 and possibly beyond. I don't know about my grandparents, but there's no question that I would have been down to read 10 love stories per month.


This issue is full of scandalous lines and terrific pulp art. To be sure, the stories are not for the modern feminist, but any good love story is bound to leave at least one person unhappy.


2 comments:

  1. Ooooh, that looks like a fun read! I still often have a hard time wrapping my head around how much things used to cost vs. how much they cost today.

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  2. "it was a fling to prove that she wasn't a flirt..."
    best line ever.
    p.s. other best line ever: any good love story is bound to leave at least one person unhappy.
    !!!

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