A history of Spalding,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Spalding from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Spalding was originally called Halifax, and under the latter name was founded in 1875 by a colony of Irish Catholics. It was renamed in 1881 in honor of bishop John Lancaster Spalding.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Spalding’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 viewNebraskaBuickDealerDriveOut, c. 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Spalding
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Spalding, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in Spalding
3 places in Spalding 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 NebraskaBuickDealerDriveOut (c. 1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.