"Popular Mechanics," November 1939

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Artifact Overview

Popular Mechanics, first published in 1902, has made information about technology and science understandable to the general public. Readers of this 1939 issue could learn about a variety of subjects from billiards to space exploration to bird watching. Automotive articles included one on an obstacle course for drivers. The course, it was claimed, produced safer drivers.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Magazine (Periodical)

Date Made

1939

Subject Date

November 1939

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.134.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 9.438 in
Width: 6.563 in