Little Silver’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Little Silver. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Prior to the settlement of Europeans, the area that is now Little Silver was inhabited by the Navesink Native Americans.
There are several tales of how Little Silver received its name. In one, brothers Joseph and Peter Parker, who settled in this area in 1667 and owned land bounded by Parker's Creek on the south and Little Silver Creek on the north, named their holdings "Little Silver" after their father's (George Parker) estate in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. The original Parker Homestead, dating to 1725 and one of the state's oldest, was acquired by the borough and is undergoing renovation.
Other explanations for the derivation of the name are the payment to Native Americans for purchase of the land and the placid appearance of the water.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Little Silver’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Little Silver’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewUntitled photo, 1918: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Little Silver, decade by decade
1950s
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Untitled photo (1918) and it appears here side by side.
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From Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.