A history of Albion,
since 1835
Postcards, papers and photographs of Albion from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The first European-American settler, Tenney Peabody, arrived in 1833 along with his brother-in-law, Charles Blanchard, and another young man, Clark Dowling. Peabody's family followed soon after. In 1835, the Albion Company, a land development company formed by Jesse Crowell, platted a village. Peabody's wife was asked to name the settlement. She considered the name "Peabodyville", but selected "Albion" instead, after the former residence of Jesse Crowell. Crowell was appointed in 1838 as the first US postmaster there.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Albion’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 viewAlbion MI Dec 26 1905, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Albion
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Albion, decade by decade
1990s
CommonsGale Manufacturing2018
CommonsAlbion Senior High2018
CommonsSmith-Gillespie House2016
CommonsRiverside Cemetery2016
CommonsOrlando Gale House2016
CommonsOld Rugged Cross sign2016
CommonsMothers Day sign2016
CommonsFirst Presbyterian Church2016
CommonsEugene Robertson House2014
DocumentGreetings from Albion, Michigan - Large Letter Postcard2012
CommonsAlbion Grain and Feed Producers2011
CommonsSuperior Street Commercial Historic District2010Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Albion MI Dec 26 1905 (1905) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (16), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.