A history of Pitman,
since 1905
Postcards, papers and photographs of Pitman from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1871, land was chosen in both Glassboro and Mantua Township to be set aside for a Methodist summer camp meeting. The New Jersey Conference Camp Meeting Association was officially chartered and given authority over the land grant in 1872, and began planning the campground and organizing meetings. The land had an auditorium located on a central meeting ground, and twelve roads originated from the central area as spokes on a wheel.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Pitman’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAuditorium in the Grove - Pitman …, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Pitman
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Pitman, decade by decade
1970s
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1950 Census Enumeration District Maps - New Jersey (NJ) - Gloucester County - Pitman - ED 8-51 to 59 (1880) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.