1917 Gernsback Electrical Experimenter magazines online

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The forum discussion highlights the availability of twenty-four issues of the 1917 "Electrical Experimenter" magazines edited by Hugo Gernsback, accessible through the Internet Archive. Users can explore the collection at the provided link, which includes notable cover art featuring themes like WWI Doughboys and Deathrays. Additionally, a separate cover art archive is mentioned, showcasing the magazine's visual history. This accessibility exemplifies the advantages of modern digital resources for historical research.

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1917 Gernsback "Electrical Experimenter" magazines online
Hey, there are twenty four Hugo Gernsback "Electrical Experimenter" magazines on wayback:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator:"Gernsback,+Hugo,+1884-1967,+ed"

Here's one:
1917 cover, WWI Doughboys with Deathrays
http://www.archive.org/stream/n2electricalexperi05gern#page/n0/mode/2up

There's also a cover art archive elsewhere:
http://www.magazineart.org/main.php/v/technical/electricalexperimenter/?g2_page=3
 
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One of the advantages of nowadays availability of sources: I would never have had imagined to find those gems!