A history of Corunna,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Corunna from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Corunna was platted in 1837. It was made the county seat in 1840, incorporated as a village in 1858 and made a city in 1869. Andrew Parsons, tenth Michigan Governor (March 8, 1853 – January 3, 1855), was a longtime resident of Corunna. A historical marker commemorating Parsons in Corunna was erected in 1969.
The city's name comes from the city of A Coruña, in Galicia, northwestern Spain.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Corunna’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 🔁Retake an old viewSlovaks blocking and thinning bee…, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Corunna
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Corunna, decade by decade
LOCSlovaks blocking and thinning beets near Corunna. Location:…1917
LOCJohn Kalishek family, Bohemian beet-workers. Location: Coru…1917
LOCKastvan family, beet workers near Corunna, hoeing beets. Th…1917
LOCKastvan family, beet workers near Corunna, hoeing beets. Th…1917
LOCJo Durco. This man, his wife and two children, Mary 8 years…1917
LOCJo Durco. This man, his wife and two children, Mary 8 years…19171990s
3 historic places in Corunna
3 places in Corunna are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Slovaks blocking and thinning beets near Corunna. Location: Corunna, Michigan (1917) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5), the Library of Congress (6) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.