History of Magazine Front Covers

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  • First ever magazine cover

    The first proper magazine cover was published in 1704 by the Gentlemen's Magazine

  • First successful magazine

    Published in 1743, The Christian History magazine was the very first successful magazine in America

  • Front page develops into a book-like

    In 1833, Samuel Goodrich created Peter Parley's Magazine which had a book-like feel on the front cover.

  • Decorative themes

    The more conservative magazines such as Godey's Lady's Book, 1830 and Peterson's women's magazine of 1872 had a more decorative theme in the front cover

  • Cosmopolitan Magazine

    Cosmopolitan's first publish was in 1886 and became well known for its beautiful magazine covers.

  • Vogue Magazine

    Vogue magazine first published in 1896

  • First ever photographic front cover

    The first ever photographic first cover came in 1932, by vogue magazine.

  • Adobe Photoshop Released

    Adobe Photoshop was first released in 1987 which introduced a whole new concept to magazine front covers, allowing magazine companies to create better, more outstanding front covers and also making those, models, celebrities etc on the front covers were now edited to make them