Things that once seemed very remote from the year of your birth start becoming more relatable.
The year of my birth is closer to these photos than it is to today.
A national weather service office, with a lone power cord hanging from the ceiling to power one of those swanky incandescent bulbs.
A classroom from Pacific County WA.
A young class photo featuring Adolph Hitler.
And a reminder that "the west" was a very different place at the close of the 19th century.