Project Description

In this project, we are a small archive creating a local history project for seventh grade students. We are scanning a collection of photos of local landmarks and putting them on the site Historypin, which integrates them with the modern view. The students will be able to see the locations on a map and "walk" down the street. They can see the overlayed old photos fade into the modern images (courtesy of Google Street View), giving them a clear idea of how the town has changed over time.

12/3/12

Current Picture of Flat Iron Building Location?

To give a local example of what Historypin could show, I searched the Flat Iron Building's address, 301 West Main Street Urbana, IL in Google Earth. Of course, the building burned down but, was this really where the Flat Iron Building, featured in an earlier post as a sample of a picture of local history, was originally located? The neighborhood looks very different these days! 

This more recent picture, from the UI Urbana Library Digital Collection's flickr account at least has more modern roads. This also begs the question, can Historypin host several images of the same place and allow a Tour to transition between them chronologically? That would be cool.

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