It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood and therefore a perfect day for a fire alarm. Of which we were long overdue for, onna counta it’s been at least a week since the last one.
Also, breakfast of champions: spinach bagel, cashews, and diet Coke.
Why yes, I do like grid paper.
“Imagine if society was as disgusted by rape as it is by periods.”
“A sexual assault occurs every 107 seconds.”
On my way into the work this morning, I saw these stuck to the columns outside the library. It’s unforgivable that college women have to speak up about being mistreated, but at the same time, I’m glad to see them doing so. Sometimes I worry about “kids these days,” and other times, I think they’re just fine. It’s a mixed bag, but it always has been.
This lonely little french fry has been sitting in the stairwell at work for weeks. I’m kind of curious about how long it will take the custodians to sweep it up.
And this editorial comment was left on a flyer in one of the women’s bathrooms.
Happy Tuesday! The rain has finally ended, and the sky is clear and beautiful. So clear, in fact, that the temperature dropped overnight. I had to scrape frost off my car windows this morning.
Tyrannosaur Reading a Book
Those of us who have office-type jobs, we all have one of these, right?
Old lady in chair, next door to Deam’s (Mrs. Knapp)
Source: Lilly Library, Frank M. Hohenberger Photograph Collection
This one was a puzzle. A fun puzzle. From Hohenberger’s title, I knew Mrs. Knapp’s neighbors were the Deam family. One of the preceding photos in the set was of someone Hohenberger identified as Alberta Deam. Another photo showed an interior from the Deam home, with cabinets full of stacked papers and an open botanical specimen displayed on a desk. Knowing what I do of Hohenberger, the study likely belonged to a locally important botanist. So I searched for botanists named Deam and came up with Charles Deam. From there, I was able to figure out that the family was living in Indianapolis at the time of the 1910 census and that the daughter Hohenberger photographed was named Roberta.
This photo was taken in 1913, so there was a good chance the Deams and Mrs. Knapp were neighbors in 1910. And they were. I found Mrs. Knapp listed in the 1910 census, living at 304 Burgess Avenue. The Deams lived at 318 Burgess Avenue. The 1913 city directory for Indianapolis confirms that both families were living in the same homes in that year.
So with that, I give you Mrs. Sarah Ann Knapp, neƩ Goodwin, born 5 April 1831 and died 19 March 1915. This photo was taken, then, just two years before her death.
I’m delighted that I was able to properly identify her. It would have haunted me if I hadn’t. I mean, just look at that face! She is fabulous. And I’ve no doubt she’d be more than capable of haunting anyone she pleased.
(ETA: I added this to the genealogy category, because while these are not my ancestors, the research strategies are the same I’d use in identifying my own family members.)
Arched bridge at Old Vernon
Source: Lilly Library, Frank M. Hohenberger Photograph Collection
I spent some time today working on cataloging more Frank Hohenberger photos. This was one of them. I adore everything about it.
Library of Congress also has some nice photos of the arch, as part of the HABS/HAER collection.
I went up to the stacks to have a wander during my morning break and saw three empty chairs in an empty alcove with three empty bulletin boards.
red paper boat 