https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/ Archival films, original records and forgotten stories of everyday American life. en-us https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/american-life-1915 https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/american-life-1915 Watch the surviving films of streets, schoolchildren, markets and work, then open the original Library of Congress records. https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/1921-grocery-list https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/1921-grocery-list Rebuild a week of milk, bread, meat, produce and sweets from the original USDA bulletin. Watch the film and read the prices. https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/wedding-portrait-1894 https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/wedding-portrait-1894 The original photograph survives. The couple’s names are missing from the catalog. Inspect the portrait and source record. https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/charlestown-wartime-boomtown https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/charlestown-wartime-boomtown Follow the farms, workers, housing and family moves behind the ordnance plant using original wartime records. https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/real-1900-diet https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/real-1900-diet The story is bigger than one ingredient. Explore food budgets, household labor, meal routines and movement. https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/medicine-in-1900 https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/medicine-in-1900 Examine the historical danger of infection and the limits of medical treatment at the turn of the twentieth century. https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/allergies-in-1900 https://lostplacessociety.com/stories/allergies-in-1900 Explore the historical records and the differences between having symptoms, naming a condition and counting cases.