Stripper's Guide

August 14 1909 -- Jim Jeffries is making the rounds in London, getting the royal treatment from the Brits.

Labels: Herriman's LA Examiner Cartoons

This Valentine's Day card is from Tuck's Series 111; although undated it is probably circa 1904 as are the other Outcault Valentine cards. Outcault's name at lower right has either faded considerably or was printed with a bad color plate.

Labels: Wish You Were Here

My index gets spottier toward the end of the decade. Still better than the early 1930s, which will run here soon after we take a week off for regular Stripper's Guide posts.

In this period, Henry Clive becomes a major contributor of pin-up covers and the fabulous Britisher Fish arrives. This period also sees a trend toward occasional wacky pseudo-science covers. This period was the heyday for Nell Brinkley and G.E. Studdy, both of whom would tail off considerably after these years.

Some notes on the listings:

* when you see a "#", that means that the cover is part of a numbered series and the number is given on the cover. Sometimes I remembered to write that down, sometimes I didn't so its catch-as-catch-can. If a series cover explicitly states that it is the first or final installment and its not obvious from the surrounding dates, I sometimes note that as "(start)" or "(end)".
* when I say "(story illo) that means that the cover is illustrating a text story in the magazine.
* I don't make guesses about covers I haven't seen. Therefore, even if I have one missing issue between installment 2 and 4 of a series, I resist the urge to assume what may be obvious.
* When a cover is descibed as, say, "Famous Fishes (Herring)", that means that the cover is part of a series titled Famous Fishes, and this particular cover depicts the herring.

Date	Title	Creator
01/03/26	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
01/10/26	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
01/17/26	Delilah	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Andrew Soutar)
01/24/26	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
01/31/26	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
02/07/26	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
02/14/26	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
02/21/26	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
02/28/26	Dining Out	James Montgomery Flagg
03/07/26	Fair Disturbers	James Montgomery Flagg
03/14/26	Threesomes	James Montgomery Flagg
03/21/26	A Traffic Casualty	Lawson Wood
03/28/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Takes no Risks of an April Fool Surprise	G.E. Studdy
04/04/26	A Woman Always Knows	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Julia Cleft-Adams)
04/11/26	The Treasure Hunters	Henry Raleigh (verses by Carolyn Wells)
04/18/26	The Treasure Hunters	Henry Raleigh (verses by Carolyn Wells)
04/25/26	The Treasure Hunters	Henry Raleigh (verses by Carolyn Wells)
05/02/26	The Treasure Hunters	Henry Raleigh (verses by Carolyn Wells)
05/09/26	The Treasure Hunters	Henry Raleigh (verses by Carolyn Wells)
05/16/26	The Love of Don Luis (part 1)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Juanita Savage)
05/23/26	The Love of Don Luis (part 2)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Juanita Savage)
05/30/26	Citzens' Training Camp Sketches	Gordon Grant
06/06/26	The Sun's Gorgeous Corona (science paintings)	Howard Russell Butler
06/13/26	The Treasure Hunters	Henry Raleigh (verses by Carolyn Wells)
06/20/26	The Treasure Hunters	Henry Raleigh (verses by Carolyn Wells)
06/27/26	The Treasure Hunters	Henry Raleigh (verses by Carolyn Wells)
07/04/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Wonders Why the Crab Picked Him Out	G.E. Studdy
07/11/26	Altars of Desire (part 1)	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Maria Thompson Daviess)
07/18/26	Altars of Desire (part 2)	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Maria Thompson Daviess)
07/25/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo the Peacemaker	G.E. Studdy
08/01/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Takes Care of the Baby	G.E. Studdy
08/08/26	The Hired Princess (part 1)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Gertrude Pahlow)
08/15/26	The Hired Princess (part 2)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Gertrude Pahlow)
08/22/26	A Dog's Life - A Mean Trick on Bonzo	G.E. Studdy
08/29/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Plays Blind Man's Bluff	G.E. Studdy
09/05/26	Mystery of the Jade Cuff-links (part 1)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author John Hammond)
09/12/26	Mystery of the Jade Cuff-links (part 2)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author John Hammond)
09/19/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo is Kind to Dumb Animals	G.E. Studdy
09/26/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Wins and Loses a Doll	G.E. Studdy
10/03/26	Children of the Morning (part 1)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author W.L. George)
10/10/26	Children of the Morning (part 2)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author W.L. George)
10/17/26	A Dog's Life -Bonzo Imitates the Baby	G.E. Studdy
10/24/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo gets the Reward	G.E. Studdy
10/31/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Never did Like Soap	G.E. Studdy
11/07/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Doesn't Get the Cookie	G.E. Studdy
11/14/26	A Dog's Life - Bonzo and the Busy Bee	G.E. Studdy
11/21/26	Shadow of Ravenscliff (part 1)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author J.S. Fletcher)
11/28/26	Shadow of Ravenscliff (part 2)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author J.S. Fletcher)
12/05/26	Luxury in Air Travel	No signature found, looks like Henry Raleigh to me
12/12/26	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
12/19/26	The Unknown Path (part 1)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Bertram Atkey)
12/26/26	The Unknown Path (part 2)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Bertram Atkey)
01/02/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
01/09/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
01/16/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
01/23/27	?
01/30/27	Shadow of the Serpent (apparently part 2)	Gordon Ross (story illo)
02/06/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
02/13/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
02/20/27	Shadow of the Serpent	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Philip M. Fisher Jr.)
02/27/27	Youth Takes a Chance	Gordon Ross (story illo, author S. Andrew Wood)
03/06/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
03/13/27	The Splendor of the Pharaohs	Photos, reproduced historical period art
03/20/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
03/27/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
04/03/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
04/10/27	The Drums of Doom (part 1)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Ottwell Binns)
04/17/27	The Drums of Doom (part 2)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Ottwell Binns)
04/24/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
05/01/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
05/08/27	How Fishes Developed into Reptiles and Finally Became Birds	Gordon Ross
05/15/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
05/22/27	Worldly Goods (part 1)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Andrew Soutar)
05/29/27	Worldly Goods (part 2)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Andrew Soutar)
06/05/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
06/12/27	The Fortunes of Flossie	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
06/19/27	The Fortunes of Flossie (end)	Nell Brinkley, verses by Carolyn Wells
06/26/27	King Tut's Gorgeous Jewels 4,000 Years Old	Reproduced historical period art
07/03/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Dries Up	G.E. Studdy
07/10/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Kills Time	G.E. Studdy
07/17/27	Dead Man's Booty (part 1)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Olive Bradshaw)
07/24/27	Dead Man's Booty (part 2)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Olive Bradshaw)
07/31/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo's Bath is Off	G.E. Studdy
08/07/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Gets a Mouthful	G.E. Studdy
08/14/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Keeps Cool	G.E. Studdy
08/21/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Makes Mischief	G.E. Studdy
08/28/27	Jane Was Plain (part 1)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author S. Andrew Wood)
09/04/27	Jane Was Plain (part 2)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author S. Andrew Wood))
09/11/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo's Good Day	G.E. Studdy
09/18/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Goes Fishing	G.E. Studdy
09/25/27	A Dog's Life - Love's Labor Lost	G.E. Studdy
10/02/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Gets Beaten Again	G.E. Studdy
10/09/27	A Dog's Life - Bonzo's Good Deed	G.E. Studdy
10/16/27	In The Dark (part 1)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Sydney Horler)
10/23/27	In The Dark (part 2)	Gordon Ross (story illo, author Sydney Horler)
10/30/27	Merrie England	George Belcher
11/06/27	Merrie England	George Belcher
11/13/27	Honeymoon Millions (part 1)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Steuart M. Emery)
11/20/27	Honeymoon Millions (part 2)	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Steuart M. Emery)
11/27/27	New Discoveries about the Sun	Photos
12/04/27	Merrie England	George Belcher
12/11/27	Merrie England	George Belcher
12/18/27	Merrie England	George Belcher
12/25/27	The World as a "Ship of Fools"	Oscar Laske
01/01/28	If the Eye Could See All the Rays of Light	Uncredited
01/08/28	Merrie England	George Belcher
01/15/28	Merrie England	George Belcher
01/22/28	How Nature Manufactures our Food	Uncredited
01/29/28	Ancient Egypt by an Artist-Archaeologist	Arent Christainsen
02/05/28	The Unlit Lamp (part 1)	C.D. Mitchell (story illo, author Sinclair Murray)
02/12/28	The Unlit Lamp (part 2)	C.D. Mitchell (story illo, author Sinclair Murray)
02/19/28	How Plants, Birds and Fishes get their Colors	Gordon Ross
02/26/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
03/04/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
03/11/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
03/18/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
03/25/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
04/01/28	Seals of Silence (part 1)	Everett Shinn (story illo, author Roy Vickers)
04/08/28	Seals of Silence (part 2)	Everett Shinn (story illo, author Roy Vickers)
04/15/28	The Vastness of the Universe	Lucien Rudaux
04/22/28	King Tutankhamen's Funeral Fleet	Uncredited
04/29/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
05/06/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
05/13/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
05/20/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
05/27/28	Magnetism, Supreme Mystery of Science	Uncredited
06/03/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
06/10/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
06/17/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
06/24/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
07/01/28	Social Advice from Aunty Climax	Fish
07/08/28	Treasures of Ancient Ur	Reproduced historical period art
07/15/28	Living Lights of the Sea	William Crowder
07/22/28	More Gorgeous than King Tut's Tomb	Reproduced historical period art
07/29/28	To Paint the Museum Statues in their Original Colors?	Photos, reproduced historical period art
08/05/28	Science Explains Mirages	Uncredited
08/12/28	A Dog's Life - The Reward of the Wicked	G.E. Studdy
08/19/28	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Plays Leap-frog	G.E. Studdy
08/26/28	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Gets What he Wants	G.E. Studdy
09/02/28	A Dog's Life - Oh Bonzo	G.E. Studdy
09/09/28	A Dog's Life - You Can Never Tell	G.E. Studdy
09/16/28	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Spoils a Love Sonnet	G.E. Studdy
09/23/28	A Dog's Life - Bonzo's Blow-out	G.E. Studdy
09/30/28	Man's First Homes	Reproduced historical period art
10/07/28	If we Could Visit Other Worlds	Uncredited art, article by Lucien Rudaux
10/14/28	If we Could Visit Other Worlds	Uncredited art, article by Lucien Rudaux
10/21/28	If we Could Visit Other Worlds	Uncredited art, article by Lucien Rudaux
10/28/28	If we Could Visit Other Worlds	Uncredited art, article by Lucien Rudaux
11/04/28	If we Could Visit Other Worlds	Uncredited art, article by Lucien Rudaux
11/11/28	If we Could Visit Other Worlds	Uncredited art, article by Lucien Rudaux
11/18/28	Petty-June at College	Fish
11/25/28	Petty-June at College	Fish
12/02/28	Petty-June at College	Fish
12/09/28	Petty-June at College	Fish
12/16/28	Petty-June at College	Fish
12/23/28	Petty-June at College	Fish
12/30/28	Petty-June at College	Fish
01/06/29	How the Moon got its Craters	Uncredited art, article by Lucien Rudaux
01/13/29	Petty-June at College	Fish
01/20/29	Petty-June at College	Fish
01/27/29	Petty-June at College	Fish
02/03/29	Petty-June at College	Fish
02/10/29	Petty-June at College	Fish
02/17/29	The Luxury Girl	Everett Shinn (story illo, author Maysie Greig)
02/24/29	Famous Vamps of History - The Queen of Sheba	Edmund Dulac
03/03/29	Famous Vamps of History - Circe the Sorceress	Edmund Dulac
03/10/29	Famous Vamps of History - Salome of Old Jerusalem	Edmund Dulac
03/17/29	Famous Vamps of History - Atalanta	Edmund Dulac
03/24/29	Famous Vamps of History - Yang Kuei-Fei, the Chinese Cleopatra	Edmund Dulac
03/31/29	Famous Vamps of History - Ariadne	Edmund Dulac
04/07/29	Famous Vamps of History - Semiramis	Edmund Dulac
04/14/29	Famous Vamps of History - Helen of Troy	Edmund Dulac
04/21/29	More Treasures from King Tut's Tomb	Photos, reproduced historical period art
04/28/29	Colorful Creatures of the Sea	William Crowder
05/05/29	Paintings from the Palace of the Fabled Man-Bull	Reproduced historical period art
05/12/29	The Sorceress	Unsigned but C.D. Mitchell (story illo, author Oliver Sandys
05/19/29	Conditions of Life on the Various Planets	Uncredited illos, article by Rene Thevenin
05/26/29	Conditions of Life on the Various Planets	Uncredited illos, article by Rene Thevenin
06/02/29	Conditions of Life on the Various Planets	Uncredited illos, article by Rene Thevenin
06/09/29	Conditions of Life on the Various Planets	Uncredited illos, article by Rene Thevenin
06/16/29	How the Egyptians Made their Enduring Colors	Reproduced historical period art
06/23/29	King Tut's Tomb Yields Still More Treasures	Photos, reproduced historical period art
06/30/29	Frescoes of Ancient Corinth	Photos, reproduced historical period art
07/07/29	Children's Toys Down Through the Ages	Photos
07/14/29	Frescoes 5000 Years Old from Ancient Crete	Reproduced historical period art
07/21/29	Painted by People who Saw the Great Flying Dragons	Uncredited
07/28/29	The Whirlpool	Unsigned but probably C.D. Mitchell (story illo, author Olive Bradshaw)
08/04/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
08/11/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
08/18/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
08/25/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
09/01/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
09/08/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
09/15/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
09/22/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
09/29/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
10/06/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
10/13/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
10/20/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
10/27/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
11/03/29	Petty-June Does Europe	Fish
11/10/29	How they Buried the Inca King	Photos
11/17/29	White Lies	C.D. Mitchell (story illo, author Joan Clayton)
11/24/29	Golden Treasures from Ur	Photos
12/01/29	How the World Would Look if We were Built Differently	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
12/08/29	How the World Would Look if We were Built Differently	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
12/15/29	How the World Would Look if We were Built Differently	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
12/22/29	How the World Would Look if We were Built Differently	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
12/29/29	How the World Would Look if We were Built Differently	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
01/05/30	How the World Would Look if We were Built Differently	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
01/12/30	How the World Would Look if We were Built Differently	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
01/19/30	How the World Would Look if We were Built Differently	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
01/26/30	Modern Religious Art by Descendants of King Solomon	Various Abyssinian artists
02/02/30	Masterpieces of Prehistoric Art	Photos, reproduced historical period art
02/09/30	What the New 200-Inch Telescope may Reveal to Us	Uncredited, article by Lucien Rudaux
02/16/30	The Pixie Girl	Gordon Ross (story illo, author S. Andrew Wood)
02/23/30	Sporting Life in Ancient Greece	Reproduced historical period art
03/02/30	Newly Discovered Treasures of Prehistoric American Art	Reproduced historical period art
03/09/30	Bugs and Butterflies for Textile Designs	Uncredited
03/16/30	New Treasures from King Tut's Tomb	Photos
03/23/30	New Treasures from King Tut's Tomb	Photos
03/30/30	New Treasures from King Tut's Tomb	Photos
04/06/30	New Treasures from King Tut's Tomb	Photos
04/13/30	The Mystery of the Yellow Mistletoe	C.D. Mitchell (story illo, author Walter S. Masterman)
04/20/30	Luther's Own Bible	Reproduced historical period art
04/27/30	Jupiter, Strange Mysterious Giant of the Heavens	Uncredited, article by Lucien Rudaux
05/04/30	The Fashionable Working Girl-The Pet Shop Keeper	Henry Clive
05/11/30	The Fashionable Working Girl-The Gold-Digger	Henry Clive
05/18/30	The Fashionable Working Girl-#3 - The Social Secretary	Henry Clive
05/25/30	The Fashionable Working Girl-#4 Night Club Hostess	Henry Clive
06/01/30	The Fashionable Working Girl-#5-The Interior Decorator	Henry Clive
06/08/30	The Fashionable Working Girl #6 - The Social Service Worker	Henry Clive
06/15/30	The Fashionable Working Girl-#7-The Bride	Henry Clive
06/22/30	How a Thunderstorm is Brewed	Uncredited
06/29/30	How our Earth is Bound by Invisible Bonds to All the Heavenly Bodies	Uncredited, article by Lucien Rudaux
07/06/30	A Dog's Life - New Adventures of the Famous "Bonzo"	G.E. Studdy
07/13/30	A Dog's Life - New Adventures of the Famous "Bonzo"	G.E. Studdy
07/20/30	A Dog's Life - New Adventures of the Famous "Bonzo"	G.E. Studdy
07/27/30	A Dog's Life - New Adventures of the Famous "Bonzo"	G.E. Studdy
08/03/30	Don Lorenzo's Bride	C.D. Mitchell (story illo, author Juanita Savage)
08/10/30	Fading Brilliancy of Tropical Fishes	Isabel Cooper, Helen Tee-Van, Elsa Bostelmann
08/17/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
08/24/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
08/31/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
09/07/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
09/14/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
09/21/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
09/28/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
10/05/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
10/12/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
10/19/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
10/26/30	Diary of a Lady's Maid	Fish
11/02/30	The Reluctant Dawn	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Hazel Christie MacDonald)
11/09/30	Remarkable Early Christian Mosaics	Reproduced historical period art
11/16/30	What Will Future Man Be Like?	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
11/23/30	What Will Future Man Be Like?	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
11/30/30	What Will Future Man Be Like?	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
12/07/30	What Will Future Man Be Like?	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
12/14/30	What Will Future Man Be Like?	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
12/21/30	What Will Future Man Be Like?	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin
12/28/30	What Will Future Man Be Like?	Uncredited, article by Rene Thevenin

Labels: Hearst's American Weekly

Complete index for these years, nothing missing! Don't get used to it, though.

Some notes on the listings:

* when you see a "#", that means that the cover is part of a numbered series and the number is given on the cover. Sometimes I remembered to write that down, sometimes I didn't so its catch-as-catch-can. If a series cover explicitly states that it is the first or final installment and its not obvious from the surrounding dates, I sometimes note that as "(start)" or "(end)".
* when I say "(story illo) that means that the cover is illustrating a text story in the magazine.
* I don't make guesses about covers I haven't seen. Therefore, even if I have one missing issue between installment 2 and 4 of a series, I resist the urge to assume what may be obvious.
* When a cover is descibed as, say, "Famous Fishes (Herring)", that means that the cover is part of a series titled Famous Fishes, and this particular cover depicts the herring.

Date	Title	Creator
01/02/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #9	Nell Brinkley
01/09/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #10	Nell Brinkley
01/16/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #11	Nell Brinkley
01/23/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #12	Nell Brinkley
01/30/21	The Isles of Love	Edmund Frederick (story illo)
02/06/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #13	Nell Brinkley
02/13/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #14	Nell Brinkley
02/20/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #15	Nell Brinkley
02/27/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #16	Nell Brinkley
03/06/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #17	Nell Brinkley
03/13/21	Kathleen and the Great Secret #18	Nell Brinkley
03/20/21	Lessons in Love #1-How Vanity can Wreck Love's Happiness	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
03/27/21	Lessons in Love #2-The Real Cause of Lovers Quarrels	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
04/03/21	Lessons in Love #3-The Cure for Vanity	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
04/10/21	Lessons in Love #4-The Folly of Being Vain	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
04/17/21	Lessons in Love #5-How Vanity Makes Love Pirates	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
04/24/21	Lessons in Love #6-Why Perfect Love is so Rare	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/01/21	Lessons in Love #7-The Way to Happiness	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/08/21	The Gates of Hope	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Anthony Carlyle)
05/15/21	Lessons in Love #8-The Greatest of All Lovers	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/22/21	Lessons in Love #9-The Perils of Falling in Love	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/29/21	Lessons in Love #10-Why Love's Jealousy can be Forgiven	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/05/21	Lessons in Love #11-The Duty of Loving	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/12/21	Lessons in Love #12-The Penalty of Jealousy	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/19/21	The Suppliant	Albert Vargas
06/26/21	The Dog and the Beauty	Albert Vargas
07/03/21	A Patriotic Inspiration	Vincent Aderente
07/10/21	Her Bridesmaids	Vincent Aderente
07/17/21	Twin Sisters Grief and Joy	Vincent Aderente
07/24/21	Her Dreams of Conquest #1	J.W. McGurk
07/31/21	Her Dreams of Conquest #2	J.W. McGurk
08/07/21	Her Dreams of Conquest #3	J.W. McGurk
08/14/21	Her Dreams of Conquest #4	J.W. McGurk
08/21/21	Her Dreams of Conquest #5	J.W. McGurk
08/28/21	The Door of the Unreal	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Gerald Biss)
09/04/21	The Witch of the Great Outdoors	Charles A. Winter
09/11/21	Education	Vincent Aderente
09/18/21	America Speaks to Woman	Charles A. Winter
09/25/21	Autumn Song	Vincent Aderente
10/02/21	The Last Review	Vincent Aderente
10/09/21	Poor Polly	Albert Vargas
10/16/21	Her Train	Albert Vargas
10/23/21	Birds of a Feather	Albert Vargas
10/30/21	The Peacemaker	Blanche Greer
11/06/21	The Squirrel's Lesson	Albert Vargas
11/13/21	Charity	Vincent Aderente
11/20/21	Thanksgiving	Vincent Aderente
11/27/21	Go and Sin no More	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Dulcie Deamer)
12/04/21	Her Lord and Master	Vincent Aderente (poem illo)
12/11/21	Christmas	Vincent Aderente
12/18/21	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #1-The Enchanted Crystal Globe	Nell Brinkley
12/25/21	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #2-The Cave	Nell Brinkley
01/01/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #3-Betty and Billy in Old Egypt	Nell Brinkley
01/08/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #4-Betty of Babylon	Nell Brinkley
01/15/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #5-The Jungle Princess	Nell Brinkley
01/22/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #6-The Bride of Baal	Nell Brinkley
01/29/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #7-In the Land of Dwarfs	Nell Brinkley
02/05/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #8-The Toys of the Minotaur	Nell Brinkley
02/12/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #9-In the Days of the Caesars	Nell Brinkley
02/19/22	Her Unwelcome Husband	H.B. Eddy (story illo, author W.L. George)
02/26/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #10-The Druid Priestess	Nell Brinkley
03/05/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #11-Betty of the Arabian Nights	Nell Brinkley
03/12/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #12-The Golden Horde	Nell Brinkley
03/19/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #13-The Bride of the Viking	Nell Brinkley
03/26/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #14-In the Days of King Arthur	Nell Brinkley
04/02/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #15-In the Time of the Troubadors	Nell Brinkley
04/09/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #16-When Betty was a Saracen Maid	Nell Brinkley
04/16/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #17-In the Days of the Doges	Nell Brinkley
04/23/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #18-Betty Montezuma and Don Billy	Nell Brinkley
04/30/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #19-Scotch Lassie Betty and Billy Lochinvar	Nell Brinkley
05/07/22	A Honeymoon for Three	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Anthony Carlyle)
05/14/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #20-The Naughty Marquise	Nell Brinkley
05/21/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #21-Betty of Old Virginia	Nell Brinkley
05/28/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #22-Betty of the Orange Blossoms	Nell Brinkley
06/04/22	Betty and Billy and Their Love Through the Ages - #23-And Forever After	Nell Brinkley
06/11/22	How to Educate a Wife #1	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/18/22	How to Educate a Wife #2	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/25/22	How to Educate a Wife #3	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
07/02/22	How to Educate a Wife #4	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
07/09/22	How to Educate a Wife #5	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
07/16/22	Meg Morton, Fortune Hunter	Uncredited art (story illo, author May Edginton)
07/23/22	How to Educate a Wife #6	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
07/30/22	How to Educate a Wife #7	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
08/06/22	How to Educate a Wife #8	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
08/13/22	How to Educate a Wife #9	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
08/20/22	How to Educate a Wife #10	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
08/27/22	How to Educate a Wife #11	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
09/03/22	How to Educate a Wife #12	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
09/10/22	Grains of Dust	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Anthony Carlyle)
09/17/22	Five Heavens - #1 Happy Hunting Grounds	Willy Pogany
09/24/22	Five Heavens - #2 Nirvana	Willy Pogany
10/01/22	Five Heavens - #3 Elysian Fields	Willy Pogany
10/08/22	Five heavens - #4 Valhalla	Willy Pogany
10/15/22	Five Heavens - #5 Paradise	Willy Pogany
10/22/22	Social Snapshots #1 - The Climber	C.D. Mitchell
10/29/22	Social snapshots #2 - Useless Decorations	C.D. Mitchell
11/05/22	When Knighthood was in Flower	Nell Brinkley
11/12/22	Social snapshots #3 - A Triangle	C.D. Mitchell
11/19/22	Social snapshots #4 - Fine Feathers Make Fine Birds	C.D. Mitchell
11/26/22	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
12/03/22	Secret of the Red Emir's Tent	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Bertram Atkey)
12/10/22	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
12/17/22	A Dog's Life #1-Why the Dickens did you Cut me Off	G.E. Studdy
12/24/22	A Dog's Life #2-Far From de Old Folks at Home	G.E. Studdy
12/31/22	A Dog's Life #3-That's What I Think of You	G.E. Studdy
01/07/23	A Dog's Life #4-The Beggar's Opera	G.E. Studdy
01/14/23	A Dog's Life #5-Out of Luck	G.E. Studdy
01/21/23	A Dog's Life #6-Rough Stuff in the Nursery	G.E. Studdy
01/28/23	A Dog's Life #7-That Coal-black Mammy o' Mine	G.E. Studdy
02/04/23	A Dog's Life #8-Trouble Brewing	G.E. Studdy
02/11/23	A Dog's Life #9-His Troubled Dream when he Snoozed too Near the Fire	G.E. Studdy
02/18/23	A Dog's Life #10-Come on Down Here where I can get at you, you Coward	G.E. Studdy
02/25/23	A Dog's Life #11-His New Year's Good Resolutions	G.E. Studdy
03/04/23	There Shall be no More Death	Unsigned - Lee Conrey? (story illo, author Dulcie Deamer)
03/11/23	A Dog's Life #12-Meditations after a Casual Meeting	G.E. Studdy
03/18/23	A Dog's Life #13-After his Night Out	G.E. Studdy
03/25/23	A Dog's Life #14-How Bonzo Deceived the Doctor and Palmed the Pill	G.E. Studdy
04/01/23	A Dog's Life #15-Even Bonzo becomes Interested in the Discoveries in that Egyptian Tomb	G.E. Studdy
04/08/23	A Dog's Life #16-The Shadow on the Wall	G.E. Studdy
04/15/23	A Dog's Life #17-Bonzo gets the Surprise of his Life	G.E. Studdy
04/22/23	A Dog's Life #18-Bonzo Saves a Goal	G.E. Studdy
04/29/23	A Dog's Life #19-Bonzo makes his Bed	G.E. Studdy
05/06/23	A Dog's Life #20-Bonzo's Bath Night	G.E. Studdy
05/13/23	The Clue	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Carolyn Wells)
05/20/23	A Dog's Life #21-Bonzo and Chee-kee have a Little Mix-up	G.E. Studdy
05/27/23	A Dog's Life #22-Bonzo gets that Spring Feeling	G.E. Studdy
06/03/23	A Dog's Life #23-Bonzo does Parlor Tricks	G.E. Studdy
06/10/23	A Dog's Life #24-Bonzo Spoils a Perfectly Good Photograph	G.E. Studdy
06/17/23	A Dog's Life #25-Battling Bonzo Wins in the First Round	G.E. Studdy
06/24/23	A Dog's Life #26-Loyalty	G.E. Studdy
07/01/23	In the Haunts of the Smartest Set-#1-A Musicale in Mrs. C.'s Conservatory	Everett Shinn
07/08/23	In the Haunts of the Smartest Set-#2-Dinner Hour at Pierre's	Everett Shinn
07/15/23	In the Haunts of the Smartest Set-#3-A Small Hours Dance at a Famous Supper-club	Everett Shinn
07/22/23	In the Haunts of the Smartest Set-#4-A Roulette Game before Dawn	Everett Shinn
07/29/23	The Golden Siren	H.B. Eddy (story illo, author Marjorie Bowen)
08/05/23	Painted Under the Ocean	Asa Cassidy
08/12/23	Beauties of all Nations - #1 - Spain	Albert Vargas
08/19/23	Beauties of all Nations - #2 - Hawaii	Albert Vargas
08/26/23	Little Old New York (Marion Davies movie)	Nell Brinkley
09/02/23	Beauties of all Nations - #3 - Canada	Albert Vargas
09/09/23	Scenes from the Arabian Nights #1-Sinbad the Sailor in the Valley of Jewels	Arnold Mello
09/16/23	Scenes from the Arabian Nights #2-Sinbad the Sailor's Giant Bird takes its Breakfast	Arnold Mello
09/23/23	Scenes from the Arabian Nights #3-Sinbad the Sailor Discovers the Roc and its Egg	Arnold Mello
09/30/23	The Goldfish Girl	Arthur Garratt
10/07/23	The Enchanted Fountain	Charles Allen Winter
10/14/23	The Passionate Quest	Lee Conrey (story illo, author E. Phillips Oppenheim)
10/21/23	How I Won - and Lost - Anna Gould's Millions	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Count Boni de Castella)
10/28/23	Social Snapshots - Two Artists	C.D. Mitchell
11/04/23	Social Snapshots - Two Strings	C.D. Mitchell
11/11/23	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
11/18/23	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
11/25/23	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
12/02/23	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
12/09/23	Social Snapshots - Alone at Last	C.D. Mitchell
12/16/23	Social Snapshots - Her Brilliant Idea	C.D. Mitchell
12/23/23	Social Snapshots - Watch your Step	C.D. Mitchell
12/30/23	Social Snapshots - The Distressing Truth at Last	C.D. Mitchell
01/06/24	Social Snapshots - At the Fashion Show	C.D. Mitchell
01/13/24	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
01/20/24	Born Rich	Lee Conrey (story illo)
01/27/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists #1-The White Pearl	Alexandre Rzewuski
02/03/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists #2-The Black Pearl	Alexandre Rzewuski
02/10/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists #3-Death of Sita	Suzanne Lagneau
02/17/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists - #4-Romance	Suzanne Lagneau
02/24/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists - Vision of the Snow Queen-next...	Alexandre Rzewuski
03/02/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists -Bluebeard's Choice	Alexandre Rzewuski
03/09/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists - The Hermit's Curse	Suzanne Lagneau
03/16/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists - The Treasure	Gustav Adolf Mossa
03/23/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists - Jazz	Antonio Gonzalez Moreno
03/30/24	The Lure of the American Golden Girl	Nell Brinkley
04/06/24	Notable Paintings by New Foreign Artists - The Mask	James T. Sharpe
04/13/24	Kate Plus 10	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Edgar Wallace)
04/20/24	Painted Poems - The Spirit of the Spring	Vincent Aderente
04/27/24	Painted Poems - The Orchard	Vincent Aderente
05/04/24	Painted Poems - The Cardinal Bird	Vincent Aderente
05/11/24	Painted Poems - The Sunset Trail	Vincent Aderente
05/18/24	Painted Poems - May	Vincent Aderente
05/25/24	Painted Poems - The Heroes	Vincent Aderente
06/01/24	A Wise Virgin	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Sybil Tasker)
06/08/24	Painted Poems - Vanity	Vincent Aderente
06/15/24	Painted Poems - Vacation Time	Vincent Aderente
06/22/24	Painted Poems - The Fortune Teller	Vincent Aderente
06/29/24	Painted Poems - The Sea Maid	Vincent Aderente
07/06/24	A Dog's Life - Bonzo lets out Polly for a Little Airing	G.E. Studdy
07/13/24	A Dog's Life - Bonzo and the Vanity Bag	G.E. Studdy
07/20/24	A Dog's Life - /Bonzo Recognizes a Lost Brother	G.E. Studdy
07/27/24	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Finds an Umbrella no Earthly Use	G.E. Studdy
08/03/24	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Removes an Infernal Machine from the Bed	G.E. Studdy
08/10/24	A Dog's Life - Bonzo and His Friends Give a Surprise Party	G.E. Studdy
08/17/24	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Finds some Queer Tasting Bones	G.E. Studdy
08/24/24	The Valley of Paradise	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Alfred Gordon Bennett)
08/31/24	A Dog's Life - Yes, We Have no Bananas	G.E. Studdy
09/07/24	A Dog's Life - The Superstitions of Bonzo #1	G.E. Studdy
09/14/24	A Dog's Life - The Superstitions of Bonzo #2	G.E. Studdy
09/21/24	A Dog's Life - The Superstitions of Bonzo #3	G.E. Studdy
09/28/24	A Dog's Life - The Superstitions of Bonzo #4	G.E. Studdy
10/05/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - The Angel with the Flaming Sword Drives Adam and Eve out of Eden	Edmund Dulac
10/12/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - Lot's Wife looks Back	Edmund Dulac
10/19/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - The Infant Moses is Found in the Bulrushes	Edmund Dulac
10/26/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - The Walls of Jericho Fall	Edmund Dulac
11/02/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - Samson	Edmund Dulac
11/09/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - Ruth Uncovers the Feet of Boaz	Edmund Dulac
11/16/24	The Woman who Couldn't Grow Old	Illegible artist signature (story illo, author Maurice LeBlanc)
11/23/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - King Saul and the Witch of Endor	Edmund Dulac
11/30/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - David and Goliath	Edmund Dulac
12/07/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - The Judgment of Solomon	Edmund Dulac
12/14/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - Elijah and the Chariot of Fire	Edmund Dulac
12/21/24	Bible Scenes and Heroes - Queen Esther and Haman	Edmund Dulac
12/28/24	A Dog's Life - Bonzo's Unfortunate Christmas Present	G.E. Studdy
01/04/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - Autumn	Eugene Savage
01/11/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - Fame and Fortune	Eugene Savage
01/18/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - The American Actress	Beltran-Masses
01/25/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - The Young Prince and his Slave	Leon Bakst
02/01/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - Diana	Leon Bakst
02/08/25	Her Stolen Name	Lee Conrey (story illo)
02/15/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - Cinderella	Drian
02/22/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - The Sleeping Beauty	Drian
03/01/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - Early American	Sergei Sudeikine
03/08/25	Notable New Paintings by Eminent Artists - Encore	Sergei Sudeikine
03/15/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - Scheherazade the Sultana	Edmund Dulac
03/22/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp	Edmund Dulac
03/29/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - The Caliph Haroun al Raschid	Edmund Dulac
04/05/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - Ali Baba	Edmund Dulac
04/12/25	- Characters from the Arabian Nights - The Princess Badroulboudour, the Sweetheart of Aladdin	Edmund Dulac
04/19/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - Morgania Pours the Boiling Oil on the Forty Thieves	Edmund Dulac
04/26/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - The Prince and the Talking Bird	Edmund Dulac
05/03/25	The Man She Bought	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Roy Vickers)
05/10/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - Sinbad the Sailor and the Roc	Edmund Dulac
05/17/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - The Enchanted Horse	Edmund Dulac
05/24/25	Characters from the Arabian Nights - Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp	Edmund Dulac
05/31/25	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
06/07/25	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
06/14/25	The Isle of Enchantment	Signature illegible (story illo, author S. Andrew Wood)
06/21/25	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
06/28/25	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
07/05/25	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
07/12/25	Social Snapshots	C.D. Mitchell
07/19/25	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Gives a Little Surprise Party	G.E. Studdy
07/26/25	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Takes a Joy-ride	G.E. Studdy
08/02/25	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Didn't Look Before he Leaped	G.E. Studdy
08/09/25	A Dog's Life - They Meant Well But--	G.E. Studdy
08/16/25	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Catches a Crab	G.E. Studdy
08/23/25	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Smells a Rat	G.E. Studdy
08/30/25	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Bungles It	G.E. Studdy
09/06/25	Butterflies in the Rain	Lee Conrey (story illo, author Andrew Soutar)
09/13/25/	A Dog's Life - Bonzo and the Trick Opera Hat	G.E. Studdy
09/20/25/	A Dog's Life - Bonzo to the Rescue	G.E. Studdy
09/27/25/	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Falls into Temptation	G.E. Studdy
10/04/25	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Stops a Petting Party	G.E. Studdy
10/11/25	A Dog's Life - Bonzo Takes it Easy	G.E. Studdy
10/18/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
10/25/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
11/01/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
11/08/25	The Witch Maiden	Ross (story illo)
11/15/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
11/22/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
11/29/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
12/06/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
12/13/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
12/20/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)
12/27/25	The Adventures of Prudence Prim	Nell Brinkley (verses by Carolyn Wells)

Labels: Hearst's American Weekly

Some notes on the listings:

* when you see a "#", that means that the cover is part of a numbered series and the number is given on the cover. Sometimes I remembered to write that down, sometimes I didn't so its catch-as-catch-can. If a series cover explicitly states that it is the first or final installment, I sometimes note that as "(start)" or "(end)".
* when I say "(story illo) that means that the cover is illustrating a text story in the magazine.
* I don't make guesses about covers I haven't seen. Therefore, even if I have one missing issue between installment 2 and 4 of a series, I resist the urge to assume what may be obvious.
* When a cover is descibed as, say, "Famous Fishes (Herring)", that means that the cover is part of a series titled Famous Fishes, and this particular cover depicts the herring. 
* in the teens, the San Francisco Examiner and possibly other western papers usually ran the magazine a week late; I have tried to normalize the dates based on the eastern appearances

Date	Title	Creator
01/07/17	Little Society Folk in Marble	Photos
01/14/17	Why Fashionable Clothes are Ugly	Photos
01/21/17	Your Whole Life Set To Music	Photos
01/28/17	How Women's Clothes Inspire Women's Fashions	Photos
02/04/17	Even a Drugstore can be made Artistic	Photos
02/11/17	Wolf Men and Dog Men	Photos
02/18/17	How Things Look to Mr. and Mrs. Zorach, Artists	William and Marguerite Zorach
02/25/17	Mrs. Vernon Castle's own "Patria" Song	Photos
03/04/17	George Gould's Unique Japanese Garden	Photos
03/11/17	A Submarine	Photos
03/18/17	In The Dark	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Arthur Somers Roche)
03/25/17	The New Spring Fashions	Photos
04/01/17	Problems of Innocent Imogene (#1)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
04/08/17	Problems of Innocent Imogene (#2)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
04/15/17	Problems of Innocent Imogene (#3)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
04/22/17	Problems of Innocent Imogene (#4)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
04/29/17	Problems of Innocent Imogene (#5)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
05/06/17	Problems of Innocent Imogene	Penrhyn Stanlaws
05/13/17	Problems of Innocent Imogene (end)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
05/20/17	Summer Furs	Raphael Kirchner
05/27/17	Broadway Beauties	Raphael Kirchner
06/03/17	The Miracle of Love	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Cosmo Hamilton)
06/10/17	Harrison Fisher's Newest Beaty - Marion Davies	Harrison Fisher
06/17/17	Whimsical Suggestions for Winning the War	Raphael Kirchner
06/24/17	Whimsical Suggestions for Winning the War	Raphael Kirchner
07/01/17	Whimsical Suggestions for Winning the War	Raphael Kichner
07/08/17	Whimsical Suggestions for Winning the War	Raphael Kirchner
07/15/17	Outdoor Picture-Gallery Houses	Photos
07/22/17	Song Hits (Never Forget to Write Home)	Raphael Kirchner
07/29/17	Song Hits (Send Me Away with a Smile)	Raphael Kirchner
08/05/17	Beauties of the Screen #1 - Grace Darling	Raphael Kirchner
08/12/17	Song Hits (The Road That Leads to Love)	Raphael Kirchner
08/19/17	The Picture That Brought $2339.18 An Inch	Reproduced period art
08/26/17	Song Hits (There Are Two Eyes in Dixie)	Raphael Kirchner
09/02/17	Beauties of the Stage #1 - Jean Stuart	Raphael Kirchner
09/09/17	Song Hits (If You Had All the World and its Gold)	Raphael Kirchner
09/16/17	The Mystery of the Crimson Cord	Howard Chandler Christy (story illo, author Maurice Leblanc)
09/23/17	Beauties of the Stage #2 - Miss Dorothy Klewer	Raphael Kirchner
09/30/17	Raphael Kirchner's Last Picture: Her Secret posed by Grace Darling	Raphael Kirchner
10/07/17	War Cupids	Barbier
10/14/17	The First Skyscraper	Photos and period drawings
10/21/17	Twin-Stars - Madeleine and Marion Fairbanks	Raphael Kirchner
10/28/17	Romance of the Choir Girl and the Prince 3,000 Years Ago	Period drawings
11/04/17	Rene Vincent's Girls - French Artists of the Day #1	Rene Vincent
11/11/17	America at War #1	Joseph Pennell
11/18/17	America at War #2	Joseph Pennell
11/25/17	America at War #3	Joseph Pennell
12/02/17	America at War #4	Joseph Pennell
12/09/17	The Door That Has No Key	Howard Chandler Christy (story illo, author Cosmo Hamilton)
12/16/17	Fantasies of Brunelleschi	Brunelleschi
12/23/17	The Ten Commandments	Jose Villegas
12/30/17	Barbier's Dancers	Barbier
01/06/18	Erte's Arabian Nights Beauties	Erte
01/13/18	War Girls	Louis Icart
01/20/18	America at War #5	Joseph Pennell
01/27/18	America at War #6	Joseph Pennell
02/03/18	America at War #7	Joseph Pennell
02/10/18	?
02/17/18	Courage France! Here are my Legions!	Louis Icart
02/24/18	H. Rider Haggard's New Masterpiece - YVA	Howard Chandler Christy
03/03/18	His Rival's Voice	Milliere
03/10/18	The Lump of Sugar	Milliere
03/17/18	The Voice of the Cannon	Louis Icart, verses by Edmund Rostand
03/24/18	Miss Marguerite Clark	Harrison Fisher
03/31/18	Golden Eyes and her Hero Bill #1-Devices	Nell Brinkley
04/07/18	Golden Eyes and her Hero Bill #2	Nell Brinkley
04/14/18	Golden Eyes and her Hero Bill #3	Nell Brinkley
04/21/18	Golden Eyes and her Hero Bill #4	Nell Brinkley
04/28/18	Golden Eyes and her Hero Bill #5	Nell Brinkley
05/05/18	Golden Eyes and her Hero Bill #6	Nell Brinkley
05/12/18	The Supreme Sacrifice	Louis Icart
05/19/18	The Singed Wings	Raphael Kirchner
05/26/18	A Wood Nymph	Raphael Kirchner
06/02/18	Out of the Shadow	Howard Chandler Christy
06/09/18	The Same Old Yarn	Howard Chandler Christy
06/16/18	Where Love Leads	Howard Chandler Christy (story illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/23/18	Over There and Over Here	Howard Chandler Christy
06/30/18	The Nation's Honor Roll	Howard Chandler Christy
07/07/18	The Voice of our Guns - Victory	Howard Chandler Christy
07/14/18	Allegiance	Howard Chandler Christy
07/21/18	Observers	Howard Chandler Christy
07/28/18	From Over There	Howard Chandler Christy
08/04/18	Dawn-in France with the U.S. Marines	Howard Chandler Christy
08/11/18	Guard our Boys over There	Howard Chandler Christy
08/18/18	Till You Come Back	Howard Chandler Christy
08/25/18	The Enchanted Hour	Howard Chandler Christy (story illo, author Gil Patten)
09/01/18	My Angel of the Flaming Cross	Howard Chandler Christy (song illo)
09/08/18	The Stirrup Cup	Howard Chandler Christy
09/15/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #1	Nell Brinkley
09/22/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #2	Nell Brinkley
09/29/18	His Last Shot For You - Your Last Cent For Him - Buy Bonds	Howard Chandler Christy
10/06/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #3	Nell Brinkley
10/13/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #4	Nell Brinkley
10/20/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #5	Nell Brinkley
10/27/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #6	Nell Brinkley
11/03/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #7	Nell Brinkley
11/10/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #8	Nell Brinkley
11/17/18	Your Chance to Blow the Kaiser out of his Berlin Palace	Uncredited
11/24/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #9	Nell Brinkley
12/01/18	The Black Stone	Howard Chandler Christy (story illo, author George Gibbs)
12/08/18	On Leave in Paris	Rene Vincent
12/15/18	Join Us (Red Cross)	Howard Chandler Christy
12/22/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #10	Nell Brinkley
12/29/18	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #11	Nell Brinkley
01/05/19	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #12	Nell Brinkley
01/12/19	Ravished Armenia	Howard Chandler Christy
01/19/19	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #13	Nell Brinkley
01/26/19	The Freedom of the Seas	Raphael Kirchner
02/02/19	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #14	Nell Brinkley
02/09/19	Two Valentines	Raphael Kirchner
02/16/19	Visions	Raphael Kirchner
02/23/19	Golden-Eyes and her Hero Bill Over There #15	Nell Brinkley
03/02/19	American Ideals From President Wilson's 14 Points-#1-The League of Nations	Howard Chandler Christy
03/09/19	American Ideals From President Wilson's 14 Points- #2 - Limitation of Armaments	Howard Chandler Christy
03/16/19	Moon of Israel	Edmund Frederick (story illo)
03/23/19	American Ideals From President Wilson's 14 Points- #3 - The Abolition of Secret Diplomacy	Howard Chandler Christy
03/30/19	American Ideals From President Wilson's 14 Points- #4 - The Rights of Small Nations	Howard Chandler Christy
04/06/19	American Ideals From President Wilson's 14 Points- #5 - The Removal of Economic Barriers	Howard Chandler Christy
04/13/19	The Perfect Confidante	Henry Clive
04/20/19	The Pirate's Bride	Henry Clive
04/27/19	Reveille	Henry Clive
05/04/19	Fine Feathers	Henry Clive
05/11/19	A Sincere Admirer	Henry Clive
05/18/19	A Strange Bird	Henry Clive
05/25/19	A Peach Basket	Henry Clive
06/01/19	Bluebirds	Carl Link
06/08/19	The Red Lady	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Katharine Newlin Burt)
06/15/19	Love's Memories	Howard Chandler Christy
06/22/19	Unconditional Surrender	Howard Chandler Christy
06/29/19	The Other Man	Howard Chandler Christy
07/06/19	In Memory of the Heroes of Chateau Thierry	Vincent Aderente
07/13/19	Passed By The Censors	Penrhyn Stanlaws
07/20/19	Belated Justice-Votes for Women	Vincent Aderente
07/27/19	The Honeymoon	Penrhyn Stanlaws
08/03/19	A Swingful of Sweetness	Penrhyn Stanlaws
08/10/19	The Secret Door	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Derek Vane)
08/17/19	A Mid-Summer Romance #1 - He Meets Her	Howard Chandler Christy
08/24/19	A Mid-Summer Romance #2 - His First Call	Howard Chandler Christy
08/31/19	A Mid-Summer Romance #3 - The Ring	Howard Chandler Christy
09/07/19	A Mid-Summer Romance #4 - Their First Quarrel	Howard Chandler Christy
09/14/19	A Mid-Summer Romance #5 - Their Reconciliation	Howard Chandler Christy
09/21/19	The Fan	Henry Clive
09/28/19	A Mid-Summer Romance #6 - And They Lived Happily Ever After	Howard Chandler Christy
10/05/19	Dolls	Carl Link
10/12/19	The American Girl in Paris - In the Bois	Henry Clive
10/19/19	The American Girl in Paris - In the Latin Quarter	Henry Clive
10/26/19	The American Girl in Paris #3 - In the Champs Elysees	Henry Clive
11/02/19	The Best of Luck	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Arthur Somers Roche)
11/09/19	A Frosty Morning	Henry Clive
11/16/19	Nancy	Howard Chandler Christy
11/23/19	A Surprise Package	Carl Link
11/30/19	His Letter	Carl Link
12/07/19	She and Allan	Vincent Aderente
12/14/19	My Secrets of Love #1 - How to Win a Man	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
12/21/19	My Secrets of Love #2 - When You're Engaged	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
12/28/19	My Secrets of Love #3 - The First Year of Marriage	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
01/04/20	My Secrets of Love #4 - What Love Is	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
01/11/20	My Secrets of Love - #5 - The Man's Side	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
01/18/20	My Secrets of Love - #6 - How to Keep Love	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
01/25/20	My Secrets of Love - #7 - Why English Women do not Inspire Great Loves	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
02/01/20	My Secrets of Love - #8 - French Women Ideal Lovers	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
02/08/20	My Secrets of Love -#9 - The Spirit of Undress	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
02/15/20	My Secrets of Love - #10 - Where American Women Excel	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
02/22/20	My Secrets of Love - #11 - Why American Men are Perfection	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
02/29/20	My Secrets of Love - #12 - Why Love Grows Cold	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
03/07/20	My Secrets of Love #13 - The Force of Love	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
03/14/20	My Secrets of Love #14 - A Husband's Temptations	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
03/21/20	My Secrets of Love - #15 - Why Wives Ought Not be Too Brainy	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
03/28/20	My Secrets of Love - #16 - A Dialogue between John and Me	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
04/04/20	Mystery of the Summer House	Edmund Frederick (story illo)
04/11/20	My Secrets of Love - #18 - The Marriageable Age	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
04/18/20	My Secrets of Love - #19 - A Dialogue between Catherine and Me	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
04/25/20	My Secrets of Love - #20 - Why Being a Perfect Angel is not Enough	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/02/20	My Secrets of Love - #21 - An American Woman's Victory in the British Parliament	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/09/20	My Secrets of Love - #22 - A Dialogue Between Elinor and Mary	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/16/20	My Secrets of Love - #23 - Why True Love is Always a Gentleman	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/23/20	My Secrets of Love - #24 - If our Friends Were Stripped of Wealth and Social Position	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
05/30/20	My Secrets of Love - #25 - The Stupidity of Being Influenced	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/06/20	My Secrets of Love - #26 - Why Women Ask "Do You Love Me?"	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/13/20	My Secrets of Love - #27 - What Hands Can Tell Us	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/20/20	My Secrets of Love - #28- Why Great Men Seldom Make Women Happy	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
06/27/20	Hidden Treasure	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author David Whitelaw)
07/04/20	My Secrets of Love - #29 - Another View of English Lovers	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
07/11/20	My Secrets of Love - #30-What We Can Find Out From Eyes	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
07/18/20	My Secrets of Love - #31-Ought the Marriage Ceremony be Changed?	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
07/25/20	My Secrets of Love - #32-Still Another View of English Lovers	Howard Chandler Christy (article illo, author Elinor Glyn)
08/01/20	The Wild Flower Girl	Carl Link
08/08/20	A Proposal	Henry Clive
08/15/20	A Nineteen-Twenty Model	Carl Link
08/22/20	The New Hat	Henry Clive
08/29/20	Her Summer's Catch	Carl Link
09/05/20	Hello!	Henry Clive
09/12/20	The Fatal Necklace	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Roy Vickers)
09/19/20	An Artist at her Easel	Carl Link
09/26/20	Fledglings	Carl Link
10/03/20	Fire of Youth	Edmund Frederick (story illo, author Henry James Forman)
10/10/20	An Autumn Melody	Carl Link
10/17/20	Just Like the Rose	Howard Chandler Christy
10/24/20	Playthings	Carl Link
10/31/20	The Water Witch	Howard Chandler Christy
11/07/20	Kathleen and the Great Secret #1	Nell Brinkley
11/14/20	Kathleen and the Great Secret #2	Nell Brinkley
11/21/20	Kathleen and the Great Secret #3	Nell Brinkley
11/28/20	Kathleen and the Great Secret #4	Nell Brinkley
12/05/20	Kathleen and the Great Secret #5	Nell Brinkley
12/12/20	Kathleen and the Great Secret #6	Nell Brinkley
12/19/20	Kathleen and the Great Secret #7	Nell Brinkley
12/26/20	Kathleen and the Great Secret #8	Nell Brinkley

Labels: Hearst's American Weekly

 I've had a long-standing interest in the Sunday newspaper 'magazine' sections that gained great popularity starting in the 1890s during the Hearst-Pulitzer war. Although I understand that there were Sunday magazine sections earlier (apparently the San Francisco Chronicle started one as early as 1869), they really blossomed with the advent of color printing.

When people were buying magazines like Harper's, McClure's and Leslie's on the newsstand, it occurred to the newspaper magnates that they could offer the same sort of content (fiction and light articles paired with illustration) in their Sunday newspaper editions, and perhaps convince a whole segment of the reading population to buy their wares. After all, why pay good money for a magazine when ours comes 'free' with the Sunday paper?

Unfortunately historical information on these magazines is very scarce -- I've only found two histories. One was a master's thesis by Peggy Turbett at Ohio State University, and the other was an article by Glen W. Peters in a 1971 issue of Journalism and Mass Communications Quarterly. I haven't been able to lay my paws on either of these intriguing items.

Research on the subject is very tough for several reasons. Little is written about these magazines because they inhabit a grey zone. Newspaper historians have near-zero interest in these magazines because in their eyes they were never more than a circulation stunt. Magazine histories ignore them because they were merely portions of the Sunday newspaper, and didn't go head-to-head with 'real' newsstand magazines. Primary-level research -- looking at the magazines themselves -- is surprisingly hit-or-miss because they were often not bound into newspaper bound volumes, were often razored out for their pretty pictures if they were, and very seldom made it all the way to microfilm. The American Weekly was apparently only circulated with Hearst newspapers, so it is even more rare because few libraries would deign to collect Hearst newspapers for their archives, not being considered 'serious' papers.

The contents of these magazines varies considerably. Some magazines focused on fiction, others on non-fiction, while others tried to attract mainly based on catchy cover art. Some were very staid, others quite wild. Hearst's magazine, which debuted in 1896, quickly came to a sharp focus under editor Morrill Goddard, who was an absolute genius at attracting readers. Goddard believed that readers wanted Hearst-style sensationalism continued in their magazine section, so he focused on wacky and indelicate topics, sex and the bizarre, all with a heavy dose of great eye-catching graphics.

Although I'd love to offer you a detailed history of American Weekly, I can't do that. I just don't have the data. What I can offer is information that I've gathered over the last ten years or so on an aspect of the magazine that is of special interest to me -- the covers.  As many of you know from following the Stripper's Guide blog, many newspaper Sunday magazines, primarily in the 1920s and 1930s, offered cartoon art on their covers. While many of these covers offered up only 'one-shot' subjects, American Weekly pioneered the concept of offering a series of covers on the same subject by the same artist. Some series were executed as purely decorative drawings on a common subject ("Famous Vamps of History", "Scenes from the Days of King Arthur"), but my interest is in those that told a story or used continuing characters.

For many years I simply kept notes of series I would find in my newspaper microfilm research, while ignoring covers that didn't fit the mold of my research. That was a mistake. I eventually realized that these magazines made it to microfilm so sporadically that the only way to know that I had found all the series that interested me was to note ALL the covers that I found. Until I could amass a complete index of the covers I'd never know what holes might still be left to fill.

With that realization, I began to note every American Weekly cover I came across. I chose to focus on American Weekly not because it is the only Sunday magazine of interest, but rather it was the only one of interest that had a running title. Other newspaper magazines tended to use syndicated magazine covers (often offered by Hearst) while putting together their insides from a mixture of in-house and syndicated content. These magazine covers are ridiculously hard to track because you can only tell that they share a common origin based on the often-removed syndicate stamps. Hearst had at least two additional Sunday magazine covers that were syndicated, one under the King Features banner, the other through Newspaper Feature Service. Both offer some excellent series cartoon content, but try to create a complete index for them? Close to impossible.

Although American Weekly is said to have started in 1896, it was not consistently named that for many years, perhaps not until about 1917. Originally the title American Weekly was only used -- I believe -- when it was distributed with one of Hearst's newspapers titled American, like the New York American or the Boston American. It was also not necessarily weekly (my 1913-14 examples are called the "American Sunday Monthly Magazine"). The practice of offering series covers also doesn't seem to begin until 1917. Therefore my index that will appear here over the next few posts will begin with that year.

My index ends with the year 1951, when the editorial direction of the magazine changed. Starting in 1952 artists often did not receive credit for their cover work, and more and more the covers featured photos instead of art. I do not believe there are any 'serial covers' after 1951.

In this index you will see many gaps. Any information you can share to move this project toward completion would be much appreciated and of course your information will be credited to you. See you tomorrow for the start of the American Weekly cover index.

Labels: Hearst's American Weekly