"On the pages of illustrated newspapers the world spreads out before us"
German illustrated journalism in Lower Styria in the 19th and 20th centuries
Keywords:
Maribor, Celje, Ptuj, Illustriertes Unterhaltungsblatt, Illustriertes Familienblatt, Das Leben im Bild, Deutsche-jugoslawische illustrierte Zeitung, Sonntagsblatt, Illustrirtes Sonntagsblatt, Südsteirische Post, Spaßvogel, Sonntagsblumen, Himmelsgarten, Illustrierte SonntagsbeilageAbstract
The principle task of illustrations in newspapers and their supplements was to make the newspaper even more attractive for the masses, and to amplify the printing. The editors wanted to present to the readers the unknown world, foreign cultures, customs and images of people many knew only from descriptions and narrations. In the present article, eleven illustrated newspapers are presented that were being published in German language in towns of lower Styria: Ptuj, Celje and Maribor in the 19th and 20th centuries.
