Access to Cultural Chronicles Websites

This page is the portal to websites created by the Cultural Chronicles and Environmental Education Foundation. The initial project is a history of small town American culture and traditions during the 1940s and 1950s. Details of the 23 topical chapters can be found by clicking small towns traditions and culture. A preview of small town life in 1950s Midwest America can be found at About smalltowns. Other sites will be previewed under a News and Updates section on this page. Summaries for new posts will be previewed on this page as they are developed.

News and Updates

“smalltowns” is the only site currently available. The schedule for additional sites is not currently available.

Cultural Chronicles Pictorial

The header images on this page and the About and Galleries pages were selected to portray a pictorial summary of content for the “smalltowns” themes. The library of 8 images will rotate among the pages so each time a page link is selected a different image will be displayed. The image contents represent the categories and themes on the smalltowns site.

The images on these pages and the smalltowns website are black and white. Many were scanned from late 19th century black and white photographs. Some color photographs were converted to black and white. Some black and white images were edited in Photoshop using a sepia color cast. This technique was common before color film was available. Blue or red ink was mixed with black for developing the print. This technique was used for some images on this site to increase contrast.

The About the Foundation page has captions for the header images on this site.

Link to the smalltowns website

For more detail smalltowns information access by clicking small towns traditions and culture.