The story
Read it all →How Chandlerville came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Chandlerville.
Chandlerville was named for its founder, Dr. Charles Chandler.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
History · Chandlerville
Chandlerville’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Chandlerville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
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What stands out about Chandlerville’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Chandlerville’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Chandlerville, decade by decade
One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1930s1 item
19321940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
Stand where they stood
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this viewIllinois, Chandlerville quadrangle, 1932
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Chandlerville’s page.
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What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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