A Glance Back in Time
Old newspapers discovered in Del Ray home.
In a neighborhood full of old homes like Del Ray, it’s not unusual to hear stories about original owners and the old uses on a property. Most of the time, however, these are just stories—nice to hear and fun to ponder but difficult to prove. Ed and Julie Walters have heard the stories about their home in the 200 block of E. Del Ray Avenue. They’ve been told what part of their home was built first, what was added at a later date and why the home sits peculiarly on the back of its lot as opposed to flush against the sidewalk like many in the neighborhood. But the Walters recently gained some insight into the minds of the old owners of their home when a batch of newspapers from the late 1920s was uncovered underneath their kitchen floor. “It’…
