Wordless Wednesday Archives • Chris Wolak

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If a picture is worth a thousand words…

By Chris Wolak on April 18, 2018 • ( 7 )

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a photo taken inside of a library must be worth at least a million words. This photo is my contribution to #WordlessWednesday. Or shall we say, Nearly Wordless Wednesday? (I’m looking… Read More ›

Mystery House (Wordless Wednesday)

By Chris Wolak on March 9, 2016 • ( 6 )

Do you know whose house this is? Hint: she loves a good mystery Clue: in Mendocino, California Subtle signs of spring surround this famous house. I’ll list the answer on Friday if no one answers.

WWII Book Looters?

By Chris Wolak on May 6, 2015 • ( 2 )

Holland House, London, 1940 As a reader of book blogs, chances are you’ve probably come across the image above. I’ve always admired the photo. Nothing stops readers from reading. But when the photo popped into my mind the other day… Read More ›

Chicago Technical College 1904 ~ Old Printing Block (WW)

By Chris Wolak on April 29, 2015 • ( 0 )

Chicago Technical College 1904 A piece of Chicago history. Printing blocks at Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market, NYC. The Chicago Technical College was located at 118 East 26th Street and moved to 2000 S. Michigan Ave at some point. Popular Mechanics… Read More ›

Horsing Around on the AT (WW)

By Chris Wolak on March 18, 2015 • ( 8 )

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Can you help ID this bookish statue?

By Chris Wolak on March 4, 2015 • ( 10 )

That’s me in the late 70s or early 80s sitting on a book on a statue. Looking at what I’m wearing and the other pictures this one was with, it might be somewhere near Niagara Falls, but I can’t make… Read More ›