In our exploration of Terre
Haute, Indiana during the summer of 1926, we've made a number of discoveries.
Some of these discoveries are directly related to quality of life issues; that
is,
how time is happily and
consciously spent. Often, these discoveries stand in stark contrast to
approaches provided by technology for entertainment, information gathering, and
task completion. These strategies and approaches often take more time, require
more physical effort, and demand more conscious participation. But the rewards
inherent in them are real. They may in fact encourage a closer connection with
nature, our fellow human beings, and the experience of being alive.
One advantage of discovering
these resources from the recent past is that we often retain a memory of their
effectiveness. Though these resources are at times challenging to locate or
replicate in today's world, they are almost always available. It remains our
choice as to whether we employ them in our lives.
Tom Roznowski
Canning and preserving
homegrown vegetables and fruits
Glass milk and soda bottles
The smell of burning autumn
leaves
The World Series heard on the
radio
Walking home from school
A one-speed bicycle
Outdoor roller skates
Sleds and toboggans
Paper road maps
Names for hi-ways (ex. US
Route 41 as the Dixie Bee Line)
Electric mass transit
Ornate lampposts
Awnings
Skylights
Windows that open
Cigar boxes for storage
Board games
Jigsaw puzzles
Shining shoes
Homebaked pies and pastries
Steamship crossings of the
Atlantic/Pacific
Travel stickers
Steamer trunk
Aprons
High School and College
yearbooks
Letter Sweaters
Class rings
Window boxes
Latin names for buildings
Public statues
Fountains
Stargazing
Shade trees
Literature
Linen tablecloths
Wooden tennis racquets and
golf clubs
Baritone saxophones
Nicknames
Large breakfast
Enamel pots
Tomatoes with salt
Barbershops
Shaving with razors
Draperies
Venetian blinds
Tearooms
Women's dress gloves
Handkerchiefs
Wooden rulers
Pencils
Advertising calendar
Department store
Five and Ten Cent Store
Store window displays
Afternoon newspaper
Crossword puzzle
Old Hickory Furniture
Screened porch
Manuel typewriter
Eggbeater
Lollypops
Chewing Gum
Taffy
Hard candy
Tin cans
Passenger trains
Boarding houses
Door to door salespersons
Bachelor's wardrobe
Brass bed
Boar bristle hairbrush
Library reading rooms
Busts of ancient philosophers
and authors
Stained glass
Porterhouse steak
Horseradish
Jellybeans
Wooden screen doors
Hopscotch
Tag
Hide and Seek
Jump rope
Jacks
Tatting lace
Sheet music for piano
Front porch conversations
Suspenders
Pinochle
Tree houses
Hanging old license plates in
garage
Three speed column
transmission
AM radio signal from far away
city
Fedoras
Banded collar shirts
Union suits
Pocket watch
Butter
Bathtubs
Kites
Medicinal tonics
Postcards
Phone booths
Fresh flowers in a vase
Mending clothes
Darning socks
Summer dresses
Coins
Steam whistles
Piggy bank
Turnips
Scrub board
Bluing
Pipe tobacco
Corncob pipe
Bluebirds
Canaries
Fishbowls
Shoe repair
Hand wound wristwatch
Hand wound alarm clock
Grandfather clock
Mantle clock
Piano scarf
Clapboard houses
Mahjong
A bowl of soup
Walking places
Birdhouses
Yo-yo
Spinning top
Overcoat
Vest
Liniment
Music box
Jackknife
Diagramming sentences
Penmanship
Medicine ball
Indian clubs
Salt and pepper shakers
Shoetrees
Reading Sunday comics aloud
Grammar
Reciting poems
Hammock
Fishing in ponds and streams
Wind-up toys
Jack in the box
Friction cars
Rebus
Rowboats
Mineral baths
Ballroom dancing
Bowties
Folk dances
Boutonniere
Pie
Sunday dinner
Picket fence
Hat rack
Casseroles
Billiards
Rotor lawnmower
Pancakes
Corn bread
Clothesline
Hand crank ice cream maker
Tuiti-fruiti ice cream
Men's pinkie rings
Full service gas station
Telegram
Metal lunch box
Winter scarf
Wooden fruit crate
Hatpins
Bobbi pins
Penny loafers
Erector sets
Lincoln Logs
Wax paper bags
Brick sidewalks
Glass light globes
Christmas stockings
Roll top desk
Watercolors
Blueprints
Card tricks
Whistling
Handsaw
Wooden ruler
Juice glasses
Washtub
Pea coat
Nutcracker
Bird watching
Cartoon spokespersons
Day-old bread
Wallpaper
Soda fountain
Mashed potatoes and brown
gravy
Kaleidoscope
Toothpick
Inner tube
Swing
Seesaw
Free time
Lined notebooks
Bay rum
Paper bags
Safety matches
Marbles
Oatmeal
Elm trees
Parochial schools
Porterhouse steak
Mules
Orchards
Radio Flyer wagon
Roasted chestnuts
Reciting poems
Cornet
Campfires
Jello
Brussels Sprouts
Ukuleles
Dressmaking
Corsage
Ushers
Newsreels
Powder rooms
Upholstery
Hair ribbons
Butch wax
Cloth diapers
Overalls
Mineral baths
Bag of roasted peanuts
Moustache wax
Limburger cheese
Paperboys
Fire escapes
House calls
Slide rules
Coal tar soap
Whittling
Garage thermometers
Votive candles
Rosaries
Phylacteries
Rubies
Emeralds
Portrait on oils
Black and white snapshot
Neon signs
Talcum powder
Christmas Clubs
Pantry
Penny candy
Tap dancing
Magic tricks
Fresh cut flowers in a vase
Dining room
Porch swing
Plastered walls
Ventriloquism
Change purse
Times tables
Wooden barrels
Edible inland fish
Oratory
Decorated buttons
Buttermilk
Walking stick
Daydreaming
Shoe polish
Harmonica
Sarsaparilla soda pop
Tire swings
Tire patches
Beer glass
Wall mounted bottle opener
Church social
Picnics
Fountain pens