A history of Cornelia,
since 1860
Postcards, papers and photographs of Cornelia from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cornelia was originally called "Blaine", and under the latter name had its start in the early 1870s when the Charlotte Airline Railroad was extended to that point. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated the place in 1887 as the "Town of Cornelia".
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Cornelia’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 viewApple monument at depot of Cornel…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cornelia, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Apple monument at depot of Cornelia, Georgia (1936) and it appears here side by side.
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From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.