A history of Melrose,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Melrose from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗During the New Deal, a series of federal programs were to counteract the woes of the Great Depression, and the Melrose Art Center was established. The facility was considered to be located in the smallest town to have such a federal art center. Estella García was one of the teachers at the Center.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Melrose’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 viewSanta Fe R.R. near Melrose, New M…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Melrose
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Melrose, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Santa Fe R.R. near Melrose, New Mexico (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.