Jenny Russo walked down Maple Street on her way to the Wakefield Library. The weather was warm and pleasant and she was enjoying herself.
She and her family had just moved to Wakefield, and she loved it already. It was such a charming old town.
Some of the buildings had been there for years and years. And Jenny liked to walk the streets and try to imagine how it must have looked in the past.
She had just come up to the library door when she noticed a plaque. It stated that the library had been built in 1920.
"Fantastic," said Jenny out loud.
She entered the library and went up to the children's section on the second floor. She noticed that it was pretty empty. There were only a couple of kids and the librarian there.
Jenny really didn't know what she wanted to read, so she just looked around. Suddenly she saw a large book stuck inside a bottom shelf. It was very dusty and looked as if no one had looked at it in years. But Jenny was curious, so she took it off the shelf. Then she took it to a nearby table and sat down.
She opened the book and found that it was made up of bound photo copies of the Wakefield Gazette. That was a local newspaper that came out every week.
Jenny started to read the introduction to the book. It explained that the book was made up of all the front pages for the year 1922. That was when the Gazette had started.
"Wow, this is great!" Jenny whispered. She made herself comfortable and settled down in her chair. As soon as she read the first few pages, she was caught up in the past.
On every front page there was a photograph or two. Boy, thought Jenny, Wakefield sure looked different back in 1922!
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