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History · Harmon
Harmon’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Harmon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
From Harmon’s archive · credits on each photo
What stands out about Harmon’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Harmon’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harmon’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story so far Harmon, in brief Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Harmon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Harmon is a village in Lee County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Harmon had a population of 111.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 120 to 111 (-8%).
Intro from Wikipedia . Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
By decade Harmon, decade by decade One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1910s–1990s nothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these years Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album 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 view Harmon IL Nov 6 1908, 1908 Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Harmon’s page.
Retake this view · +15
Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Has Harmon changed for the better?
Yes I miss the old days
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What used to stand where something else is now in Harmon? → Who remembers Harmon in the 1950s? → A family story from old Harmon → Does anyone have photos of Harmon from the 1990s? →
From Wikimedia Commons (3). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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