Hard to go pre-ww2, since mass culture was less of a thing and life was more local while mass media was emerging, but best guess...
1890s: robber barons (Horatio Alger stories?)
1900s: Edwardian bourgeoisie
1910s: military
1920s: artists/writers?
1930s: socialist politicians
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you started in the 40s but I wonder about say, the 20s and 30s? elites can't have been too popular during the depression... tho maybe "titans of industry" like henry ford etc might've still been cool, especially without social media to expose ugly stuff
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