I was one of the first students to take the History Laboratory at Cleveland State Community College. My previous experience during an extra credit activity in a traditional history course initially sparked my interest. During an American History survey course Mr. Reed, the CSCC instructor who founded the Southeast Tennessee Digital Archive, offered students a chance to digitize historical photographs. He demonstrated how to research a photograph's history, starting with the limited information written on the back and clues within the picture itself. I was eager to enroll in a course that was dedicated to digitizing historical photographs.