Printed Circular Advertising "The American Boy" Magazine

Detroit, Michigan: The Sprague Publishing Company, 1913. Very good. Toned, letter folds, some spotting/wear to envelope.. Large illustrated circular advertising "The American Boy", a magazine for boys marketed as a "feast of good, wholesome, interesting and fascinating reading to boys" that any parent would approve of. Includes illustrations of handsome young boys engaging in wholesome activities such as photography, track and field, woodworking, studying, and football. Illustrated circular is printed in black and orange, and is a bifolium measuring 15.75" by 10.75". Together with original branded envelope, addressed and postmarked, measuring 4" by 8.75", and order blank with mail-in envelope (3.5" by 7.75"). Note its derision towards popular fiction, positioning itself as a more wholesome and educational alternative: "The American Boy has done more to get boys away from the reading of trashy, dime-novel, 'Diamond Dick' stuff than any other single influence in America ... [it] will not interfere with your boy's studies".

The American Boy was a monthly magazine published by The Sprague Publishing Co. of Detroit, Michigan from November 1899 to August 1941.