The Crippled Children's Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan

The Crippled Children's Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan

A 1952 photograph of the Crippled Children's Hospital in Farmington Hills, Michigan, reveals the history of a hospital, its young patients, and the buildings that remain today.

Reminiscences of Camp-Out-Awhile, 1891

Reminiscences of Camp-Out-Awhile, 1891

An extraordinary 1891 photograph album, nearly lost to history, documents weeks of summer camp life along Pennsylvania’s Conewago. Newspaper research helped uncover the story of Camp-Out-Awhile—and the people behind these remarkable photographs.

The 1954 Lionel Golden West Special Train Set: "Let the Story Continue"

The 1954 Lionel Golden West Special Train Set: "Let the Story Continue"

A 1954 Lionel “Golden West Special” train set, rediscovered in my parents’ basement, led to an old family story, a genealogy connection, and a new home more than seventy years later.

A Temperance Poster in a Picture Framing Shop

A Temperance Poster in a Picture Framing Shop

A small poster hanging in the window of C. Geedy’s early twentieth-century “Picture Framing and Notions” shop led to an exact match with a 1908 temperance-era publication from the Young Boys and Girls Christian Temperance Union.

A Saloon Interior in Blandon, Pennsylvania, Dated to 1917 by a Campaign Sign

A Saloon Interior in Blandon, Pennsylvania, Dated to 1917 by a Campaign Sign

A nearly hidden sign reading “For Prothonotary” led from a saloon interior in Blandon, Pennsylvania to a 1917 political campaign—and a precise date for the photograph.