Berwyn’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Berwyn. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Before being settled, the land that is now Berwyn was traversed by Native American trails. The most important trails converged near the Chicago portage, and two notable routes crossed what is today Berwyn. A branch of the Trail to Green Bay crossed Berwyn at what is now Riverside Drive, and the Ottawa Trail spanned the southern end of the city.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Berwyn’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Berwyn’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAerial View of Suburban Chicago, …, 1925: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Berwyn
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Berwyn, decade by decade
1980s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Aerial View of Suburban Chicago, Berwyn, 1925 (NBY 5308) (1925) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (10), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.