House in Progress Diary

Warning! Time Sponge

Insomnia produces an enormous amount of my research, even if a lot of it doesn't pay off.

However, I must warn you (if you are a research or history geek...er..."connoisseur" such as I am) that the following site is an enormous time sponge. It is a black hole of time that will lead you down merry pathways of visual trivia.

(Alice at GB, have you seen this one? Were you sucked in like I was? Or did you exhibit more self-restraint?)

Although I didn't find photos of our house (wouldn't that have been too easy?), I did find photos of places NEAR our house at the time that it was built. I can't believe how wide open the neighborhood looked back then. It is too amazing.

(via American Memory: Historical Digital Collections, Photographs from the Chicago Daily News)

There are pictures and soundbytes and videos from all over the country. Can you find something related to you or your old house? I'm crossing my fingers for you.

Man, I need to sleep.

Posted by jeanne on June 14, 2004 at 11:04 AM