Western Story Magazine, May 12, 1934 — page 1: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is the cover of *Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine* from May 12, priced at 5 cents. The cover features an illustration of a cowboy on horseback swinging a lasso, with another figure visible beside him and what appears to be cattle in the lower portion. The tagline reads "The Best of the West," positioning the magazine as a collection of Western fiction stories. The cover art is rendered in warm tones of orange, brown, and tan, typical of pulp magazine cover design from the early 20th century. The OCR text is largely illegible, containing only scattered characters.