Original Advertisement and Blank Order Form - The American Mercury

Original advertisement and blank order form for the American Mercury. Printed as a flyer on green paper. No date, circa 1924-1933. 4" x 6." Two pages, complete. One leaf folded printed on both sides. Paper is very clean and intact. A Fine copy. This flyer advertises a monthly periodical called the American Mercury, which was founded in 1924 by H. L. Mencken (1880-1956). The flyer includes a black and white illustration of Mencken. Mencken was the magazine's editor until 1933. This ad lists some of the magazine's contributors including Sinclair Lewis, William McFee, Ruth Suckow, Carl Sandburg, and Joseph Hergesheimer. The American Mercury was a mainstream magazine aimed at conservative readers. The political stance of the American Mercury remained relatively moderate until the 1950s when it began to publish extreme right-wing beliefs promoting racism and anti-Semetism. The subsequent controversy contributed to the magazine's decline, and it became defunct in 1981.