A history of Geneva,
since 1835
Postcards, papers and photographs of Geneva from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Two Native American trails crossed through Geneva. The Potawatomi people lived in the Geneva area, with their main chief, Waubonsee, leading a group that gathered just north of Aurora.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Geneva’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewBird's eye view of Geneva, Kane C…, 1869: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Geneva
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Geneva, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Bird's eye view of Geneva, Kane County, Illinois 1869 (1869) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.