Cameron’s Books in Portland, Oregon and the Fickle Used Magazine Trade
12 min readJan 3, 2020
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When I needed an article from the February 1963 issue of the defunct travel magazine Holiday, I never questioned where to search for it. I picked up the phone and dialed. “Cameron’s,” said the voice on the other end.
Always afraid of saying something stupid and offending the store’s gruff owner, Jeff Frase, I described the item I needed in as…