A history of Liebenthal,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Liebenthal from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Liebenthal was founded in 1876 by a colony of Volga Germans, many of whom came from Liebenthal, Russia.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Liebenthal’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old view1940 Census Enumeration District …, 1880: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Liebenthal
See all 1 →Liebenthal, decade by decade
1920s
1990s
unknown1 item
Nothing in Liebenthal is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Liebenthal has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sand Creek Tributary Stone Arch Bridge in La Crosse-Brookdale, 6.6 miles away.
Liebenthal and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Kansas - Rush County - ED 83-1 - ED 83-23 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (7) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.