With a name like THE LITERARY DIGEST you'd think it was a magazine of book news and reviews, but even in its earlier days it carried news and analysis and opinion articles. Over time it became more like a weekly newsmagazine.
At first it presented a cover consisting only of a list of articles and other contents. In the early 1900's it began using painted and drawn covers on a regular basis, though at first it worked with only a few different designs, using them in rotation or for a few weeks. By the 'teens it was giving the reader a new color cover (more or less illustrating some current news) with each issue. By the 1920's it had changed intent again, now running full-color reproductions of famous, or at least comforting, paintings. In its last years it experimented with a variety of photographic and photomontage techniques.

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Literary Digest 1897-04-03
3247 visits
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Literary Digest 1906-01-27
2784 visits
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Literary Digest 1908-05-02
3140 visits
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Literary Digest 1908-06-27
2321 visits
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Literary Digest 1908-10-03
2572 visits
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Literary Digest 1908-11-28
2230 visits
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Literary Digest 1909-07-03
2775 visits
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Literary Digest 1915-12-11
2456 visits
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Literary Digest 1915-12-25
1865 visits
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Literary Digest 1916-07-01
3135 visits
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Literary Digest 1917-01-10
2885 visits
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Literary Digest 1918-07-06
1942 visits
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Literary Digest 1918-07-27
132 visits
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Literary Digest 1919-11-22
3116 visits
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Literary Digest 1920-02-21
1472 visits
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Literary Digest 1920-10-30
4803 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-01
1696 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-08
1560 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-15
1107 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-22
1250 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-29
1119 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-02-05
1137 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-02-12
1316 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-02-19
1358 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-02-26
936 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-06-18
2024 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-07-02
1797 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-07-23
1995 visits
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Literary Digest 1922-02-11
1126 visits
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Literary Digest 1924-11-29
3095 visits
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Literary Digest 1924-12-20
3046 visits
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Literary Digest 1924-12-27
3289 visits
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Literary Digest 1928-03-24
1304 visits
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Literary Digest 1928-05-19
1537 visits
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Literary Digest 1928-10-20
3763 visits
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Literary Digest 1928-12-22
213 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-04-04
2015 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-04-11
1861 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-04-18
2004 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-04-25
2307 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-02
1818 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-09
1755 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-16
1983 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-23
1908 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-30
1770 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-06-06
1770 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-06-13
1872 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-06-20
1830 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-06-27
1865 visits
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Literary Digest 1933-12-23
1257 visits
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Literary Digest 1933-12-30
3322 visits
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Literary Digest 1934-05-05
3347 visits
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Literary Digest 1937-03-27
2092 visits
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Literary Digest 1937-04-03
1568 visits
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Literary Digest 1937-04-24
2099 visits