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History · Antwerp

A history of Antwerp,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Antwerp from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

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The story

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Settlement began circa 1803 near what is now Oxbow. The town was created from part of the town of Le Ray in 1810. In 1855, the town had the second largest number of cows in New York.

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Timeline

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1860s2 items · Antwerp (Village); La Fargeville (Vil…Commons
1935The Pine Camp military area near Watertown, New…LOC
1940s3 items · Townsfolk at an auction in the Pine C…LOC
1950–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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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 viewAntwerp (Village); La Fargeville …, 1864: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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Cassius Marcellus CoolidgeCassius Marcellus CoolidgeWriting & ArtsAlbert WoolsonAlbert WoolsonMilitaryCharles Rainsford JennisonCharles Rainsford JennisonMilitaryHelen Hinsdale RichHelen Hinsdale RichWriting & ArtsRLRoger LaLondeSports
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Antwerp, decade by decade

1860s2 items
Antwerp (Village); La Fargeville (Village); Ox Bow (Village); Antwerp Business Directory.; Antwerp Business Directory.;…CommonsAntwerp (Village); La Fargeville (Village); Ox Bow (Village…1864Antwerp. (Township)CommonsAntwerp. (Township)1864
1930s1 item
The Pine Camp military area near Watertown, New York, which was expanded under FSA (Farm Security Administration) super…LOCThe Pine Camp military area near Watertown, New York, which…1935
1940s3 items
Townsfolk at an auction in the Pine Camp expansion area on the Ingalls farm near Antwerp, New YorkLOCTownsfolk at an auction in the Pine Camp expansion area on …1941Auctioning off a dairy herd on the Ingalls farm in the Pine Camp expansion area. Near Antwerp, New YorkLOCAuctioning off a dairy herd on the Ingalls farm in the Pine…1941Auctioning off a dairy herd on the Ingalls farm in the Pine Camp expansion area. Near Antwerp, New YorkLOCAuctioning off a dairy herd on the Ingalls farm in the Pine…1941
1950s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Antwerp (Village); La Fargeville (Village); Ox Bow (Village); Antwerp Business Directory.; Antwerp Business Directory.;… (1864) and it appears here side by side.

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