Montclair’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Montclair. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The earliest known inhabitants of the area were from the Serrano tribe of Native Americans. The Serrano established their village along a creek named Arroyo de los Alisos, now named San Antonio Creek, which flowed along a route that is now Mills Avenue, the western border of the city.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Montclair’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Montclair’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMountclair, CA 1967, 1967: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Montclair
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Montclair, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Mountclair, CA 1967 (1967) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.