Our Story · Monticello

Monticello’s story is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Monticello. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

2old images & papers
3historic places
1need a date
Fremont Mill Bridge, Central Park (moved from Monticello, Jones County), Anamosa, Jones County, IA · Library of Congress
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Monticello’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewPlans of Monticello, Manchester, …, 1875: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Plans of Monticello, Manchester, Missouri Valley, Mount Ayr and Anamosa. (0018.077) (1875) and it appears here side by side.

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From Wikimedia Commons (7), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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