Postcards, papers and photographs of Noank from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
From Wikipedia’s history of Noank.
In 1614, the area was known as Nauyang (meaning "point of land") and was a summer camping ground of the Pequot people, but they were driven out in 1655 following the Pequot War. The land comprising Noank Peninsula was acquired by James Morgan through a lottery in 1712.
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Woven from the archive, the National Register and the people born here.
4 decades in the archive, from the 1880s to the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1887FMIB 45905 Mackerel Fishery--Early Methods
c. 1906Railroad cut in Noank - 1906 postcardPostcard
1907–1915Trolley on Elm Street, Noank, postcardPostcard
c. 1909Main Street in Noank with streetcar - 1909 postcardPostcard
c. 1930Cottages along the waterfront, Noank, Conn (77910)
c. 1930Old Light House, Noank, Conn (77909)
c. 1930Skipper's Dock, New England's famous shore dinner wha…
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Noank’s page.
Retake this view · +15Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
From Wikimedia Commons (12), Wikipedia and Wikidata for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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