[Ads-l] Flash Press

[Jonathan Lighter]

George, I explored several of Thompson's novels back in the '70s and '80s
and found them far less pornographic, if more melodramatic, than the
current "Young and the Restless."

 Here a smirk, there a smirk...

JL



On Thu, Mar 25, 2021 at 2:07 PM George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu>
wrote:

> I did very extensive reading in these magazines 20 years ago or more, when
> they were only available in a 3-reel microfilm collection, made by the AAS
> but not for sale -- available only through interlibrary loan.
>
> They were very interesting, for several reasons.  I was interested in the
> slang, but there was a good deal to be teased out of them about low-life in
> NYC.
> One or two were strikingly illustrated -- see the masthead of the Broadway
> Omnibus reproduced in the article.  It seems from my notes, that only one
> issue of the Omnibus was in the microfilms -- unfortunate.
> A few issues of a few of these journals were reported by other libraries.
> It would be nice if Readex has found these and included them.
>
> In short, I'll look forward to getting access to the database.
>
> And, regrettably, I do not descend from George Thompson, the distinguished
> pornographer.  Nor from anyone else of distinction in any field, as far as
> I know.
>
> GAT
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 4:55 PM MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY DEVCOM
> AVMC (USA) <0000099bab68be9a-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> > Article by Jonathan Green about the "Flash Press" -- 19th cent. sporting
> > newspapers.
> >
> >
> >
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.readex.com_readex-2Dreport_issues_volume-2D16-2Dissue-2D1_flash-2Dpress-2Dnew-2Dyorks-2Dearly-2D19th-2Dcentury-2Dsporting-2Dunderworld&d=DwIFAw&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=v2Wtu7DQZxSBMSJv-oEMNg&m=7_moOr98WWUepM5LrtvNd22RGfQ7jFLEQziKs3XQmlY&s=T8CDNCveZHAv7UYoFl7tRDnTtJZeYXofdJCFDU0kBMA&e=
> >
> > Too bad Readex doesn't offer individual subscriptions . . . .
> >
> >
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>
> --
> George A. Thompson
> Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
> Univ. Pr., 1998.
>
> But when aroused at the Trump of Doom / Ye shall start, bold kings, from
> your lowly tomb. . .
> L. H. Sigourney, "Burial of Mazeen", Poems.  Boston, 1827, p. 112
>
> The Trump of Doom -- also known as The Dunghill Toadstool.  (Here's a
> picture of his great-grandfather.)
>
> http://www.parliament.uk/worksofart/artwork/james-gillray/an-excrescence---a-fungus-alias-a-toadstool-upon-a-dunghill/3851
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