A history of Yarmouth,
since 1639
Postcards, papers and photographs of Yarmouth from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Prior to European settlement, Yarmouth was inhabited by the Wampanoag, an Algonquian people. In the Wôpanâak language the area was called "Mattacheese". Wampanoag tribes living in Yarmouth at the time of European settlement included the Pawkunnawkuts on both sides of the lower Bass River, the Hokanums in what is now northeastern Yarmouth, and the Cummaquids in what is now western Yarmouth.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Yarmouth’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 viewYarmouth station 1908 postcard, c. 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Yarmouth, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as State Road, Yarmouth, Mass., by the Hugh C. Leighton Co., c. 1850-1915, from the Digital Commonwealth - 1 commonwealth … (c. 1850) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
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.