Popular Mechanics, 1930s

They spelled "mechanix" wrong. Nice covers though.

Modern Mechanix, Back Covers

Luckies and Chesterfields. Sure it's easy to mock these ads now. So let's!




Go ahead Grandma, first one's free...


OK, even in 1935, this must have seemed a bit sinister.



That's funny, my singing coach gave me the same advice!

Modern Mechanix, 1936-37

The last batch of cover scans, a few good ones. Next up; a sampling of back covers.

Modern Mechanix, 1935-36

I think the Airplane-Zeppelin is my favorite cover!

Modern Mechanix, 1934-5

Three more fantastic Rozen covers. Hey my '72 Dodge Dart had a coat-hanger antenna too!

Modern Mechanix, 1934

The Radio Tube Train! It doesn't have a whistle, it has saxophones!

Modern Mechanix, 1934

Now the covers start to get interesting.



Cover art by George Rozen on most of these.

Modern Mechanix, 1933

May June and July covers.

Forty Seven Years Ago Today

Today's Puzzle

Another puzzle!

Today's Puzzle

Many of the puzzles in this book have been filled in; I'll just post a few of the ones that were either not filled in or were easy to clean up. Answers at the bottom of the page, scroll down slowly if you don't want to give them away.

Warning: This book was published in 1929, some images and content are not politically correct by current standards.

Peter Puzzlemaker

Compiled and designed by George Carlson. I'm assuming that means all layouts, drawings, lettering etc is by Mr. Carlson. The puzzles and riddles were probably collected by "John Martin" et al. A wonderful children's book from the late '20s . I'll be posting more in the days to come.