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Oh my gosh, - 2004-09-23 20:28:48 Eeek! This is great! My husband and I perused the first map last night to find our house. * * * * * * * * * * * * eric - 2004-09-24 08:03:04 WOW laura what a find ! a veritible treasure trove of goodies! and astounding mountain of info!!! yowzah ! i'm getting a softie just perusing it !* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-24 09:12:29 Welcome to the blog, Suzie! Isn't it great? Oh, my autumn evenings are spoken for with this site. eric: so fun to peruse, isn't it? My heavens, can you imagine the size of the collection if they have all that stuff for li'l ole Ypsi?* * * * * * * * * * * * Suzie - 2004-09-24 10:01:16 Did you see the photo where the cataloger id'd the water tower as "Possibly an astronomical observatory" ?* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura, laughs - 2004-09-24 10:02:43 Oh, how funny! I'm sure some folks have snuck certain substances in there and seen stars, though.* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-09-24 12:30:30 Curses! I just spent 3 hours doing searches on various places I've lived instead of doing my enormous pile of work!! Damn you for that fascinating find!* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura's evil twin - 2004-09-24 12:32:18 (bwahahahahah!)* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-09-25 00:56:40 I'm still obsessively mining the site. One of the most fun things I've found to read are: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaintro/wpahome.html Apparently, Public Works in the 30s decided to collect oral histories. I've read some of the CT ones, and they are fascinating -- especially this one character, named Art Botsford. I'm sure the Michigan ones are just as fun to read. Studs Terkel, watch out!* * * * * * * * * * * * Anna - 2004-09-25 01:07:04 Oh, and if you've read the book Devil in the White City (great book!), there are tons of interesting photos, booklets, maps, brochures, etc. of the places discussed in the book (it's about the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition).* * * * * * * * * * * * Laura - 2004-09-25 03:41:53 I've been brosing the site all night...what a treasure. I'll check out the oral histories you mention--that sounds like a WPA project similar to the deathless "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men."* * * * * * * * * * * * add your comment: |