Tracy,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Tracy from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Until the 1760s, the area that became the city of Tracy was long populated by the Yokuts ethnic group of loosely associated bands of Native Americans and their ancestors. They lived on hunting and gathering game and fish from local rivers and creeks. After encountering the Spanish colonists, the Yokuts suffered from new infectious diseases, which caused social disruption, as did the Spanish efforts to impress them into labor at Mission San José. Mexican and American explorers later arrived, pushing the Yokuts out. The Yokuts people remain, living in small groups with about 2,600 people identifying as Yokut. Along with them, another language group of Native Americans found near Tracy are referred to as the Mono people, numbering around 1,800.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Tracy’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewIntrepid aviator risks life to de…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Tracy, decade by decade
CommonsFRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS. From the V. Covert Martin Collec…1933
LOCTracy (vicinity), California. U.S. Highway 99. Missouri fam…1937
LOCMissouri family of five, seven months from the drought area…1937
LOCMissouri family of five, seven months from the drought area…1937
LOCUntitled image, possibly related to: Missouri family of fiv…1937
LOCTracy (vicinity), California. Missouri family of five who a…1937
LOCWindmill on small farm near Tracy, California1938
LOCNear Tracy, California. Gang of Filipinos in pea field19381990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Intrepid aviator risks life to demonstrate feasibility of plane parachute (1900) and it appears here side by side.
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From Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (8) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.