![]() ![]() “‘Magazine,’ which comes from the word for ‘storehouse,’ shares an etymology with the French magasin, or ‘shop’: the concept was to bring different offerings together, and accordingly they became venues where key dramas of the early nation played out,” writes Nathan Heller for the New Yorker. The archive pays homage to the printed word and the experience magazine readers cherish in turning pages to delight in discovery across a range of essays, poetry, illustration, photography and the graphic arts. Reports the New York Times’ Jennifer Schuessler: “Cumulatively, the titles on display give a window into broad themes of American history, including the emergence of political parties (which, back in the early 19th century, had their own magazines), the coming of the Civil War, the evolution of the Black freedom movement and the rise of new technologies like television and computers.” For national audiences, Lomazow and librarian Julie Carlsen have curated an extensive online exhibition, chronicling the magazine experience against the backdrop of American history on subjects ranging from the birth of democracy, to emancipation and the Civil War, the mid-century information age and the battle for civil rights, as well as a host of niche publications on celebrity, humor, art and baseball. Covid-19 restrictions are in place with visitors asked to reserve appointments 48 hours in advance. Now this rare archive, s panning three centuries from the early 1700s to the present, is on view through April 24 in a new exhibition, “ Magazines and the American Experience ,” at New York City’s Grolier Club, renowned for its stewardship of antiquarian books and works on paper. Nearly 50 years later, the 73-year-old doctor-turned-collector has amassed a personal archive of more than 83,000 issues and 7,000 titles, chronicling subjects as wide-ranging as the Revolutionary War, abolition, modern art, satire, baseball, beekeeping and much more. On a whim in 1972 while enrolled in medical school, Steven Lomazow began collecting magazines. ![]()
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