Submitted by PHX1989 t3_10q0ieh in mildlyinteresting
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AirDusst t1_j6n6u0f wrote
I would love to go to the bicycle riding school -- why didn't they provide an email in their ad?
PHX1989 OP t1_j6nlux5 wrote
Maybe the catalogue will have some updated info lol
Few_Albatross_8131 t1_j6nk5z8 wrote
Sweet find! My parents bought a huge 1860 Victorian house in the late 1960s. The cool stuff we found turned me into a collector. My best find in that house was an 1876 Winchester .40 lever action rifle, hidden in the attic.
PHX1989 OP t1_j6nls3i wrote
That’s wild! It’s definitely one of the things that makes living in an old home so interesting. While I haven’t found anything aside from this shredded newspaper, I did recently uncover our fire place. It’s was neat to find some circa 1920’s wallpaper underneath. Ended up leaving a blob of it on there as its own art piece. Definitely makes me want to dig around more!
Dizman7 t1_j6oqcq8 wrote
Wow that is an overwhelming amount of different fonts and font sizes!
PHX1989 OP t1_j6n2fsy wrote
The Bicycle advertisement is pretty fascinating! “People of any age..or sex” can purchase one!
For those interested, this is one of 4 pieces I found that are part of the Chicago Dramatic Journal. I wasn’t able to find an issue date but there were advertisements for plays from the 1893/1894 season. My house, which is located in Dayton, Ohio was built in 1896 so I’m thinking that the builders must have been fans of the arts.