Stumbling Around

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Stumbling Around

I’m not a great researcher. As soon as I find something I’m interested in, I tend to bookmark it and then forget what it was, where it was, where I saved the bookmark, and possibly who did the bookmarking.

DN-0080527, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum

Bertha Baur, vice-president of Liquid Carbonic’s Federal Brass Works, Chicago, 1926

This week, stumbling around in search of (black and white) historic color, I found something to love: the Chicago Historical Museum’s collection of photographs from the long defunct Chicago Daily News. Online, indexed, and available free with citation.

Cool huh? As wonderful as it’s been to find photos of 1920s flapper dresses and amazing Style Guides, there’s nothing quite like browsing period pictures.

Of course, I have no idea who Bertha Baur was, but who could resist an independent, professional woman with a smile like that?

Then there’s my other favorite, below. My brief investigation did not turn up any 1920s Logan Square Bank murders, but hopefully this lady didn’t suffer. If she winds up in mourning, I get dibs on the hat!