In good practice historians rely on multiple sources of information to piece together the history of a building or place. Rebeccah Ballo, historian and preservationist, describes this standard as a three-legged bar stool; the physical, the paper trail, and the oral histories. Tony and Rebeccah investigate the historical context of preservation and how that last leg of the bar stool makes the documentation of the Harper Cabin so special.

This is the second in a series of four episodes that explore the history of the Harper Cabin at Brookside Nature Center in Wheaton, MD.

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