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Liberty was an American weekly
general-interest magazine, launched in
1924. At one time it was said to be
"the second greatest magazine in
America," ranking behind The Saturday
Evening Post in circulation. The
October 16, 1939 issue of Liberty
Magazine features cover art by Ralph P.
Coleman, depicting a young lady getting
a baseball autographed by a ballplayer
wearing a uniform with the Baseball
Centennial Patch.
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of organized baseball, the
Official Insignia of Baseball’s
Centennial had been adopted for flags
which to be flown from all of the
parks. The red, white and blue patch
was used on such items as stationary,
advertising, publications such as this
Liberty Magazine, and uniform patches
worn by the players during the year.
Over 120 full-feature films and television shows have been produced from
content within Liberty Magazine,
including Mister Ed The Talking Horse.
This issue features the short story "Ed
Has His Mind Improved" by Walter
Brooks. One of 16 short stories by
Walter Brooks about Mr. Ed, the talking
horse, which had appeared in pulp
magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. The
series of humorous fantasies about the
talking horse Mr. Ed and his
often-drunken owner Wilbur Pope. There
were 16 of these published between 1937
and 1945, for Liberty(10), The Saturday
Evening Post(4), Esquire(1) and
Argosy(1) magazines.
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