A history of Waterloo,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Waterloo from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Waterloo was founded by Elias Kelsey and John Logan in 1883 after two failed attempts at incorporation. In 1870, the Union Pacific Railroad designated a stop at the location. The name possibly commemorates the Battle of Waterloo or Kelsey's birthplace Waterloo, New York.
The town was temporarily abandoned following The Great Flood of 1881.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Waterloo’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 viewMain street of Waterloo, Nebraska, 1941: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Waterloo
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Waterloo, decade by decade
LOCMain street of Waterloo, Nebraska1941
LOCBerkshire hogs on dairy farm near Waterloo, Nebraska1941
LOCHome of family on FSA (Farm Security Administration) projec…1941
LOCHome of family on FSA (Farm Security Administration) projec…1941
LOCChildren of Two Rivers, FSA (Farm Security Administration) …1941
LOCChildren of Two Rivers, FSA (Farm Security Administration) …19411990s
1 historic place in Waterloo
1 place in Waterloo is 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 Main street of Waterloo, Nebraska (1941) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.