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Street & Smith book department in 1906
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Street & Smith book department in 1906

Street & Smith or Street & Smith Publications, Inc. was a New York City publisher specializing in inexpensive paperbacks and magazines referred to as pulp fiction and dime novels. The company was founded in 1855 or 1858 depending on the source. The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ... Pulp Fiction is a 1994 film directed by Quentin Tarantino and written by Tarantino and Roger Avary. ... In the United States is the 19th century, a dime novel was a low-priced novel that could be purchased for a dime. ...

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History

Francis Scott Street and Francis Shubael Smith began their publishing partnership when they bought the exisiting New York Weekly Dispatch in 1855 or 1858. Francis Scott Street died in 1883.


Publishing

The company became a publisher of inexpensive novels and weekly magazines starting in the 1930s. Their headquarters was at 79 Seventh Avenue, New York City, and Condé Nast Publications later bought some of their product lines. The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ... Condé Nast Publications Inc is a worldwide magazine publishing company, credited with creating the marketing strategy which emphasized magazines focused on a particular class or interest. ...


Authors

Horatio Alger, Jr. ... Theodore Dreiser, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American naturalist author known for dealing with the gritty reality of life. ... Upton Beall Sinclair (September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was a prolific American author who wrote in many genres, often advocating Socialist views, and achieved considerable popularity in the first half of the twentieth century. ... Jack London Photograph Jack London, probably born John Griffith Chaney (January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and over fifty other books. ... Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential and controversial authors in science fiction. ...

Illustrators

  • Harvey Dunn
  • Joseph Leyendecker
  • Dean Cornwell
  • Winfield Scott (artist)
  • Tom Lovell
  • Anton Otto Fisher
  • Amos Sewell
  • N.C. Wyeth

Harvey T. Dunn (1884 - 1952) was a famous painter from Manchester, South Dakota. ... Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 - October 19, 1945) was an American artist and illustrator. ...

Publications

Trip to Mars
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Trip to Mars

E. E. Smith, Grey Lensman (part of the Lensman series) in Astounding, Oct 1939 This is a magazine cover. ... E. E. Smith, Grey Lensman (part of the Lensman series) in Astounding, Oct 1939 This is a magazine cover. ... Astounding Stories was a seminal science fiction magazine founded in 1930. ...

Adventure

  • Air Trails
  • Do and Dare Weekly
  • Red Raven Library
  • Sea Stories Magazine
  • Tiptop Weekly

Detective and mystery

  • Clues
  • Doc Savage
  • Mystery Story Magazine
  • Nick Carter Weekly
  • Old Broadbrim Weekly
  • The Shadow

Doc Savage is a fictional character, one of the most enduring pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s. ...

Romance

  • Love Story Magazine
  • Romance Range

Science fiction

Astounding Stories was a seminal science fiction magazine founded in 1930. ...

Sports

  • Street & Smith’s Sports Annual
  • All-Sports Library
  • Athlete

Westerns

  • Buffalo Bill Stories
  • True Western Stories
  • Pete Rice Magazine
  • Western Story Magazine
  • Wild West Weekly

Young adult fiction

  • The Boys of the World
  • Bowery Boy Weekly
  • Live Girl Stories
  • My Queen

Anthology series

  • Tip Top Library
  • New Medal Library

References

  • The Writer; A Monthly Magazine for Literary Workers. January - December, 1919. An excellent description of Street & Smith rejection policy.

Archive

Syracuse University Syracuse University (SU) is a private American research university. ...

External link

  • Syracuse University Archive: Street & Smith

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The Street & Smith Dime Collection || Syracuse University Library (431 words)
Street and Smith rapidly became a "fiction factory," producing a wide variety of popular literature, including dime novels, pulp magazines, books in series for juveniles, fashion and homemaking magazines, comics, and adventure stories.
As a result, Street and Smith authors, including such literary figures as Horatio Alger, Theodore Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, and Jack London were often disguised by house pseudonyms and wrote to carefully calculated formulae, with their respective products subject to extensive rewriting by Street and Smith editors.
Street and Smith illustrators worked under the same editorial constraints as did the writers.
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