The ‘Dredge Report

The past, we all know, was pretty boring. Except when technology makes it COME ALIVE.

#1: The Flickr group Looking Into the Past, where historical photos of interesting buildings or spaces are held up next to the buildings as they stand today.

#2: The Times Traveler blog, where the achingly matter-of-fact headlines from the Times 100 years ago are bereft of the kind of clever wordplay that ruins so many of today’s headlines.  Back then, you knew exactly what you were getting when you read “Dozen Hippopotami Attack Roosevelt — Natives Rowing His Boat Are Terrorized, but He Kills Two and Drives Off Others — Tows Spoils Back to Camp.”  And that’s just for starters, my friends.