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"If the commodity was a fetish, then Grandville was the tribal sorcerer."
—page 186 [G7, 2], The Arcades Project by Walter Benjamin
These are rediscovered and/or restored advertisements on the sides of brick buildings in the Museum and Theater districts of downtown Tacoma.
My favorite is below. "Omar Cigarettes. The joy of life."
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