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    Bernarr Macfadden (born Bernard Adolphus McFadden, August 16, 1868 – October 12, 1955) was an American proponent of physical culture, a combination of...
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  • century. Physical Culture, Bernarr Macfadden's first magazine though the company Macfadden Publications, was based on Macfadden's interest in bodybuilding...
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    daily. In 1917, Bates teamed up with "'physical culture' faddist" Bernarr Macfadden on a "New Course of Eye Training" which was heavily advertised in...
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    alternative health food advocate and fitness enthusiast. Bragg's mentor was Bernarr Macfadden. He wrote on subjects such as detoxification, dieting, fasting, longevity...
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    run, it was published by Macfadden Publications. True Detective Mysteries was founded in 1924 by publisher Bernarr Macfadden. It initially focused on...
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    photographic collage popularized by publisher and physical culture advocate Bernarr Macfadden in his New York Evening Graphic in 1924. The Graphic was dubbed "The...
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    McCormick-Patterson, the publisher until 1931, when it was taken over by Bernarr Macfadden until 1941. At one time it was said to be "the second greatest magazine...
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    to Atlas's course, particularly those marketed by Bernarr Macfadden and Earle E. Liederman. Macfadden, publisher of the magazine Physical Culture, dubbed...
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    Coryell began a long relationship with fitness and health guru Bernarr Macfadden and his Macfadden Publications. Coryell's first known connection was his article...
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    it as a separate division. It was overseen by Maximilian Elser Jr. Bernarr Macfadden bought Metropolitan Magazine in January 1923 on the urging of his...
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