Friday, April 4, 2014

Chicago Palimpsest 2014

Hobbies Magazine 
Lightner Publishing Corp. 
At 1006 Michigan Avenue, in downtown Chicago, the old Hobbies Magazine Building still retains echoes from the past. Three advertisements on the side of the building (and more on the back of the building) remind us of bygone days when numismatic pursuits still inspired magazine rather than webpages and publishers highlighted their contributions. Likewise, the ideas of corsets is not something that most of us consider as part of modern wardrobes; however, it is the case that specialties shops are more inclined to carry such garments today. After a quick search of the internet, I found that Gossard Lingerie, founded in 1901, continues in business today…at least on the internet, if not in downtown Chicago.

Geographical Publishing Co., 
publishers of maps and atlases 
Wear Gossard Corsets 
They Lace to Front 

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