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History · Bethany
Bethany’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Bethany. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
From Bethany’s archive · credits on each photo What stands out about Bethany’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 Bethany’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bethany’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 How Bethany came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Bethany.
Read it all → Bethany was incorporated in 1955, named for Bethany Park, established on the site in 1884 by the Disciples of Christ for camp meetings.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
By decade Bethany, decade by decade One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1920s–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 Bethany Park Indiana, around 1910, 1910 Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Bethany’s page.
Retake this view · +15 Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Bethany? → Who remembers Bethany in the 1950s? → A family story from old Bethany → Does anyone have photos of Bethany from the 1990s? →
From Wikimedia Commons (4) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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