Mitchellville’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Mitchellville. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mitchellville was named for John Mitchell (1788–1862), who owned Essington Hall, the plantation that encompassed much of the area. He and his wife Mary Lanham are buried in the Mitchell Family Cemetery on Mitchellville and Mount Oak Road. This location is now South Bowie, and the Bowie CDP 08775
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mitchellville’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mitchellville’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHistoric American Buildings Surve…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Mitchellville, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Historic American Buildings Survey John O. Brostrup, Photographer April 13, 1936 10-45 A. M. CORNICE DETAIL (entrance h… (1936) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.