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A newsstand was a very small business in a very small building, and in American cities there were thousands of them - on corners, outside stations, in hotel…
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By 1962 the great era of the American tented circus was ending but had not ended. Shows still travelled, still raised canvas in a field on the edge…
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The American health club of 1979 sat between two eras. The old figure-salon model - passive machines, steam, massage, the promise that something would be done to you…
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Gummed stamps licked into a book, redeemable for things but never for cash. Here are ten.
1. You Were Given Stamps With Every Purchase and You Licked Them Into…
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The competitor is driven hundreds of miles away and comes back on its own. Here are twelve.
1. It Was a Properly Organised Sport
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Cash at the turnstile, no ticket, no seat, and scores posted as letters. Here are seventeen.
1. There Were No Seats, and Nobody Thought That Was Odd
The great majority…