Skelton 1
Allyn Skelton
Lynn M. Raymond
UWRT 1102-E01
2723/2015
History and Demographics
I received the two copies of National Geographic, one from 1964 and the other from
2014. The items themselves are interesting because it’s supposed to be the same magazine, but
so much has changed in 50 years. I was surprised to discover that National Geographic’s first
issue came out in 1888, I knew it was old but not that old. The research showed the gradual
changes that were made per 127 years. It first had no pictures, then added some black and white
ones in 1910, then fall color later on. The magazine itself has grown up with humanity
technologically/o that it could bring the information to its subscribers.
I sfffl need to do some research about these two copies themselves, rather than the history
of the nfagazine as a whole. I'd like to take note of the different font size, advertising space,
nulyper of pictures, kind of content, and other differences. Most of these changes are probably
not very surprising, I’d expect that there’d be less content and more pictures in the newer
version. The demographics might be a surprise to some, as the magazine has grown to have a
global readership of sixty million people and thirty-seven languages. I still need to find the
_ information for what the demographics and readdxship of the magazine was in 1964.