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
3250 visits
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Literary Digest 1906-01-27
2787 visits
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Literary Digest 1908-05-02
3144 visits
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Literary Digest 1908-06-27
2327 visits
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Literary Digest 1908-10-03
2577 visits
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Literary Digest 1908-11-28
2235 visits
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Literary Digest 1909-07-03
2776 visits
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Literary Digest 1915-12-11
2461 visits
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Literary Digest 1915-12-25
1872 visits
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Literary Digest 1916-07-01
3140 visits
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Literary Digest 1917-01-10
2891 visits
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Literary Digest 1918-07-06
1953 visits
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Literary Digest 1918-07-27
142 visits
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Literary Digest 1919-11-22
3122 visits
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Literary Digest 1920-02-21
1474 visits
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Literary Digest 1920-10-30
4821 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-01
1702 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-08
1566 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-15
1114 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-22
1253 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-01-29
1121 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-02-05
1141 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-02-12
1321 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-02-19
1364 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-02-26
942 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-06-18
2025 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-07-02
1798 visits
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Literary Digest 1921-07-23
2000 visits
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Literary Digest 1922-02-11
1128 visits
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Literary Digest 1924-11-29
3097 visits
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Literary Digest 1924-12-20
3050 visits
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Literary Digest 1924-12-27
3294 visits
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Literary Digest 1928-03-24
1316 visits
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Literary Digest 1928-05-19
1550 visits
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Literary Digest 1928-10-20
3767 visits
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Literary Digest 1928-12-22
224 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-04-04
2022 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-04-11
1868 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-04-18
2017 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-04-25
2312 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-02
1822 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-09
1758 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-16
1991 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-23
1911 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-05-30
1773 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-06-06
1773 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-06-13
1883 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-06-20
1839 visits
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Literary Digest 1931-06-27
1878 visits
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Literary Digest 1933-12-23
1265 visits
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Literary Digest 1933-12-30
3323 visits
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Literary Digest 1934-05-05
3348 visits
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Literary Digest 1937-03-27
2095 visits
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Literary Digest 1937-04-03
1576 visits
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Literary Digest 1937-04-24
2108 visits