A history of Lombard,
since 1869
Postcards, papers and photographs of Lombard from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Lombard was originally named "Babcock's Grove", after the Babcock brothers, early settlers along the DuPage River. It was renamed for a real estate developer who mapped out plans for the settlement in 1868.
Sheldon and Harriet Peck moved from Onondaga, New York, to this area in 1837 to farm 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land. In addition, Peck was an artist and primitive portrait painter who traveled to clients across northeastern Illinois. The Peck house also served as the area's first school and has been restored by the Lombard Historical Society.
In 2011, the Peck House was inducted into the National Park Service's Network to Freedom—a list of verified Underground Railroad locations.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Lombard’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLombard 1800s Lincoln Elementary …, 1899: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Lombard
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Lombard, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lombard 1800s Lincoln Elementary School (1899) and it appears here side by side.
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From Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.