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[quote user="exPalaceDog"][quote user="Safety Valve"][quote user="Kurt_Laughlin"][quote user="SpaceMouse"] I went to the historical society and they said that 1950 was too recent for them. [/quote]Our H.S./library had a lot of stuff like old newspaper clippings, altases, commercial directories, town/county centennial books, industrial PR, stuff like that.  Some of the old directories and industrial PR were good because it would have streetside photos of businesses from ads and whatnot.  Good ideas of what was sold and by who.  (For example, I found coal was still pretty common for home heating in 1961.  I would've thought in towns it would be nearly supplanted by gas or oil by then.)Newspapers frequently published directories or flyers showing businesses - maybe they could help, or the Chamber of Commerce?KL[/quote]Oil was considered a luxury at the time, If you ever see basements built before 1960 and earlier, you might find signs of coal bunkers etc inside the actual foundation of the basement. We had oil in ours but coal would not have been too difficult given the right equiptment.Gas was also in existance, particularly near older cities like Baltimore.[/quote]Be careful here. Manufactured gas would have been available in the late 1800's and early 1900's, but it was mainly used for lighting, not heating. Natural gas would have become available much later, say the 1940's.Have fun [/quote]Im trying to be, I do recall street lights run by gas in the WW1 era from history books. In fact I think it was shipping that changed over from Coal to Oil and then the homes did the same. Only later did electricity or gas (Or solar etc) come into play for heating.
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