37Signals, a fabulous blog out of Chicago, mentions LaPorte, Indiana in their daily round-up today:

Photographer Frank Pease shot portraits of the residents of Laporte, Indiana back in the 50s and 60s. Recently, Found magazine editor Jason Bitner discovered 18,000 of the photos in in the back of a small Midwestern diner. The top shots are now a book.

Head over to them and check 'em out.