A history of Freehold,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Freehold from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Lenni Lenape Native Americans were the earliest known people to live in the area that became Freehold. The Lenape were a hunter-gatherer society. They were largely sedentary, changing campsites seasonally. They were prolific hunters of small game and birds. They were also skilled fisherman, and were known to harvest vast amounts of clams from the bays and inlets on the Jersey Shore. They also practiced some agriculture to augment their food supply. During this time, an important crossroad of two major Lenape trails was located in the area of Freehold.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Freehold’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe women of '76: "Molly Pitcher"…, 1856: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Freehold
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Freehold, decade by decade
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The women of '76: "Molly Pitcher" the heroine of Monmouth (1856) and it appears here side by side.
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From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.