The Wide World was a British pulp tabloid that ran from 1898 to 1965.  The magazine’s slogan was “Truth is stranger than fiction” and it proved that with stories of adventure and exploration.  Today, along with its covers, the magazine is best known for breaking the news that outlaw Butch Cassidy had been killed in Bolivia.

Here are just a few of the covers of The Wide World.  All of the covers below are credited to W.C. Nicolson.