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.CHAPTERS0:00 Jake's open: how do we know what we know?7:22 Intro7:40 Buried windows & raised streets10:56 The Seattle Underground & the regrading story13:55 Pneumatic tube networks under the cities17:07 When you could mail a child20:29 Antwerp's 50 star forts & the keyholes23:08 Keyholes at the Statue of Liberty & the Vatican28:41 The orphan trains34:09 Foundling hospitals & castle orphanages39:28 Insane asylums in tiny towns40:56 Jacksonville, IL: an asylum for a town of 1,80046:46 The Atlas: 100+ copies sold48:38 How big was Chicago's 1893 World's Fair?51:02 The "temporary" Museum of Science & Industry52:32 Seven miles of fair54:01 Winnipeg's Fort Garry Hotel57:28 Painted-in people in 1890s Chicago58:16 The Obama Presidential Center vs. the old world59:57 Civil War photos: too clean?1:08:50 Incubator baby exhibits1:13:21 Barnum's $2,000 baby show1:15:25 Never stop asking questions1:20:58 Coming up: Matt from Cultivate ElevateSUPPORT THE SHOW📖 An Improbable Atlas — As Mapped, Not As TaughtPaperback: www.amazon.comDigital edition ($7.99): the-improbable-dreamer-shop.fourthwall.com/products/an-improbable-atlas-as-mapped-not-as-taught-digital-editionEverything in one place: linktr.ee/theimprobabledreamerMerch: the-improbable-dreamer-shop.fourthwall.comBuy Me a Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.comThe Dreamer Weekly (free, Sundays): jakes-newsletter-99912c.beehiiv.com/subscribeGuest ideas, photos & finds: imtheimprobabledreamer@gmail.comNext 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