Manchester’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Manchester. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Manchester post office opened in 1871, closed in 1876, and reopened in 1877. The place was named after Manchester, England, an early settler's former home.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Manchester’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Manchester’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewDairy barn of E.E. Fitch, north o…, 1906: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Manchester
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Manchester, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Manchester
1 place in Manchester is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dairy barn of E.E. Fitch, north of Manchester astride of the Main Fault. View from the west (1906) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.