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Liberty: A Weekly for Everybody was founded in 1924. Its founders set out to make the magazine more topical, daring, and exciting than any competitors. Information was presented in a style heavily influenced by the emerging motion-picture industry and focused on the most sensational and popular issues. The magazine flourished during a time of immense creativity and growing interest in world affairs, when illustrated magazines were the leading form of mass entertainment. It charted the moods, attitudes, lifestyles, fads, and fortunes of middle America through three of its most significant decades. Liberty Magazine Historical Archive, 1924-1950 offers a unique and permanent perspective on the nation's daily life, interests, and values during a most vital and extraordinary period.