This is my first “this week’s favorites”. These are resources I’ve found interesting and/or useful. I hope you do too.
Chicago History
- Resource: Chicago Public Library’s Digital Collections. Search the 1908-1918 Chicago Examiner and a number of other great online archives free. I’ve found some great stories about the Boenings here.
- Speaking of Chicago, a searchable database of Chicago homicides 1870-1930, sponsored by Northwestern University
- Photographs from the Chicago Daily News 1902-1933 (Library of Congress)
Craft
- Video: The art of the hand-crafted gravestones by a modern stone cutter. As a knitter and lover of hand-made things, I always find it enjoyable to listen to craftspeople talk about their craft.
Lemon Hill Research 