Los Gatos’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Los Gatos. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first inhabitants of the area that is now Los Gatos were the Ohlone Native Americans. At the time the first settlers arrived in the area, it was estimated that approximately 5,000 indigenous people were living in the Valley, and noted that the relationship between the settlers and natives was very good. The first settlers to enter the Valley proper were two soldiers that had strayed from their missionary group on November 2, 1769. By 1777, there were between 1,500 and 2,000 Native Americans living in the mission compound.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Los Gatos’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Los Gatos’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMain Street looking east, 1925: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Los Gatos
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Los Gatos, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Main Street looking east (1925) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.