On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first published
a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life”
and targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men of
affairs as well as the belle.” 

As a product of the Gilded Age, Vogue has chronicled and
influenced high society, fashion and culture ever since.

Arthur Baldwin Turnure(1856–1906)

Vogue, November 2024.

During the 1890s, publications were inserted into Joseph Pulitzer‘s
New York World and William Randolph Hearst‘s New York Journal.

William Randolph Hearst Sr.
(April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951)

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On November 23, 1936, the first issue of the pictorial magazine
Life was published, featuring a cover photo of the Fort Peck
Dam’s spillway by Margaret Bourke-White.

Life actually had its start earlier in the 20th century as a different
kind of magazine: a weekly humor publication, not unlike today’s
The New Yorker in its use of tart cartoons, humorous pieces and
cultural reporting.

When the original Life folded during the Great Depression, the
influential American publisher Henry Luce bought the name and
re-launched the magazine as a picture-based periodical on this
day in 1936.

Henry Robinson Luce (1898 – 1967)

This 2012 photo shows the Fort Peck Dam spillway in
northeast Montana.

First issue

On December 17, 1892, Arthur Baldwin Turnure first published
a new magazine, dedicated to “the ceremonial side of life” and
targeted at “the sage as well as the debutante, men of affairs
as well as the belle.” A product of the Gilded Age, Vogue has
chronicled and influenced high society, fashion and culture
ever since.

The largest issue published by Vogue magazine was the
September 2012 edition featuring Lady Gaga in the cover,
which contained 900 pages.

Arthur Baldwin Turnure (1856–1906)

September 2012 issue.

Larry Claxton Flynt Jr. (November 1, 1942 – February 10, 2021)

Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine died from heart failure in Los Angeles.