History · Amador
Amador’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Amador. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
3old images & papers
3need a date
The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 185 to 200 (+8%). Half of its homes were built before 1942.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Amador yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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Start Amador’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Amador’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFrame Barn, Fiddletown: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
Amador, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Frame Barn, Fiddletown and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.