Samuel George Blythe
Samuel George Blythe (1868 – 1947) was an American writer and newspaperman.[1] In 1933 during the Great Depression he urged people to Buy American in The Saturday Evening Post.[2]
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| Born | 1868 |
| Died | 1947 (aged 78–79) |
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Time cover, 13 Aug 1923
Publications
- Cutting It Out: How to Get on the Water Wagon and Stay There (1912)
- The Fun of Getting Thin: How to Be Happy and Reduce the Waist Line (1912)
- The Fakers (1914)
- The Old Game: A Retrospect After Three and a Half Years on the Water-Wagon (1914)
- Keeping Fit at Fifty (1921)
- Get Rid of that Fat (1928)
References
- Shippey, Lee (March 27, 1932). "Samuel George Blythe". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
Samuel George Blythe is the foremost typical newspaper man of the era now beginning to pass. He carried papers as a small boy. He worked at the case in his fathers print shop when he had to stand...
- "Buy American". Time magazine. January 9, 1933. Archived from the original on January 15, 2005. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
When the Saturday Evening Post featured an exhortation by Samuel George Blythe to "Buy American" early last month, the movement assumed nationwide proportions. And last week in its behalf William Randolph Hearst turned on his big publicity machine.
External links
- Works by Samuel George Blythe at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Samuel George Blythe at Internet Archive
- Works by Samuel George Blythe at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Portrait of Samuel G. Blythe, Los Angeles, 1926. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Portrait of Samuel G. Blythe, Los Angeles, 1926. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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