Week in Review | Episode 98

How do we actually know what we think we know? Jake opens the Week in Review with the J746 date stones, the Crystal Palace and Chicago's White City, then takes your chat questions through the buried windows and the Seattle Underground, the forgotten pneumatic tube networks (and the kids once mailed through the post office), Antwerp's 50 star forts and the keyhole shapes at their centers, the orphan trains and the palace-sized orphan and insane asylums built in towns of 1,800 people, how much of Chicago the 1893 World's Fair really covered, painted-in people in 1890s street photos, spotless Civil War uniforms, and the incubator baby exhibits and Barnum's $2,000 baby show. You decide. CHAPTERS 0:00 Jake's open: how do we know what we know? 7:22 Intro 7:40 Buried windows & raised streets 10:56 The Seattle Underground & the regrading story 13:55 Pneumatic tube networks under the cities 17:07 When you could mail a child 20:29 Antwerp's 50 star forts & the keyholes 23:08 Keyholes at the Statue of Liberty & the Vatican 28:41 The orphan trains 34:09 Foundling hospitals & castle orphanages 39:28 Insane asylums in tiny towns 40:56 Jacksonville, IL: an asylum for a town of 1,800 46:46 The Atlas: 100+ copies sold 48:38 How big was Chicago's 1893 World's Fair? 51:02 The "temporary" Museum of Science & Industry 52:32 Seven miles of fair 54:01 Winnipeg's Fort Garry Hotel 57:28 Painted-in people in 1890s Chicago 58:16 The Obama Presidential Center vs. the old world 59:57 Civil War photos: too clean? 1:08:50 Incubator baby exhibits 1:13:21 Barnum's $2,000 baby show 1:15:25 Never stop asking questions 1:20:58 Coming up: Matt from Cultivate Elevate SUPPORT THE SHOW 📖 An Improbable Atlas — As Mapped, Not As Taught Paperback: www.amazon.com Digital edition ($7.99): the-improbable-dreamer-shop.fourthwall.com/products/an-improbable-atlas-as-mapped-not-as-taught-digital-edition Everything in one place: linktr.ee/theimprobabledreamer Merch: the-improbable-dreamer-shop.fourthwall.com Buy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com The Dreamer Weekly (free, Sundays): jakes-newsletter-99912c.beehiiv.com/subscribe Guest ideas, photos & finds: imtheimprobabledreamer@gmail.com Next live shows: Episode 99, Tue Oct 27, 10:30 PM CT · Episode 100, Thu Oct 29, 9:30 PM CT with Brian, JT & Peter Forhan. Intro music: "Take a Chance" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0. #QuestioningEverything #OrphanTrains #StarForts #OldWorld #LostHistory #WorldsFair