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Argosy, the best-known general-fiction pulp

ARGOSY was the first pulp magazine. Frank A. Munsey had been publishing a story paper for boys, to declining circulation and revenue. In the 1890's, he decided to give the title one more chance. He cut expenses to the bone, eliminated the artwork, and printed on the cheapest paper he could find. He gave the public the greatest number of stories per dime they had ever had, and they bought the magazine by the tens and hundreds of thousands.

Even though it was now a great success story, ARGOSY remained a monthly until the Autumn of 1917, when it suddenly went weekly. In July, 1920 it absorbed ALL-STORY and was published as ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY (with the words ALL-STORY appearing in successively smaller type as the years went by) until it became "ARGOSY / ISSUED WEEKLY" in October of 1929. As the years went by it featured adventure yarns of various types in preference to drawing-room comedies and other general works of fiction. In August 1940 is remade itself as a "men's adventure magazine," with a new cover design featuring static art and a display shield of the stories contained within the current issue. The format and frequency changed again at various times in the period after 1941, but it was still printing some fiction up into the 1960's. You can read more about this magazine in the ARGOSY Profile pages, and there is a good discussion in the UWF eNewsstand project.

Date: 11/17/2006
Owner: Magazine Art Gallery Administrator
Size: 92 items
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Argosy 1889-03-02
 
 

Argosy 1889-03-02

Date: 05/15/2007
Views: 3284
Argosy 1890-12-27
 
 

Argosy 1890-12-27

Date: 05/15/2007
Views: 2966
Argosy 1897-05
 
 

Argosy 1897-05

Date: 05/15/2007
Views: 2362
Argosy 1899-01
 
 

Argosy 1899-01

Date: 05/15/2007
Views: 2306
Argosy 1903-06
 
 

Argosy 1903-06

Date: 05/15/2007
Views: 2269
Argosy 1904-04
 
 

Argosy 1904-04

Date: 05/15/2007
Views: 2688
Argosy 1906-02
 
 

Argosy 1906-02

Date: 12/28/2013
Views: 1459
Argosy 1906-04
 
 

Argosy 1906-04

Date: 12/28/2013
Views: 2501
Argosy 1907-07
 
 

Argosy 1907-07

Date: 05/15/2007
Views: 2564
Argosy 1913-10
 
 

Argosy 1913-10

Date: 05/15/2007
Views: 2762
Argosy 1918-06-08
 
 

Argosy 1918-06-08

Date: 10/16/2012
Views: 1360
Argosy 1920-01-03
 
 

Argosy 1920-01-03

Date: 10/16/2012
Views: 1250
Argosy 1924-03-15
 
 

Argosy 1924-03-15

Date: 01/28/2012
Views: 1621
Argosy 1924-06-14
 
 

Argosy 1924-06-14

Date: 11/17/2006
Views: 3080
Argosy 1925-06-13
 
 

Argosy 1925-06-13

Date: 01/28/2012
Views: 1606
Argosy 1925-10-24
 
 

Argosy 1925-10-24

Date: 01/28/2012
Views: 1837
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