When Magazines Had Visions Of Changing (And Improving) The World
In 1895 Ladies' Home Journal began to offer unfrilly, family-friendly architectural plans in its pages. They were mainly colonial, Craftsman, or modern ranch-style houses, and many still stand today. The Cosmopolitan, as it was then known, advertised the Cosmopolitan University, a custom-designed college degree"for free!"by correspondence course. McClure's magazine, the juggernaut of investigative journalism"home to …