A history of Conrad,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Conrad from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Conrad has been in operation since 1880. The city took its name from nearby Conrad's Grove, a feature named for John Conrad, an early settler.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Conrad’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewConrad, Iowa, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Conrad
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Conrad, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Conrad is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Conrad has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Grundy Center High School in Grundy Center, 10.6 miles away.
Conrad and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Conrad, Iowa (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.