A history of Clinton,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Clinton from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The current boundaries of the town of Clinton were set in 1821. The general area was part of a British land grant in 1697 known as the Great Nine Partners Patent. In 1734, a soil survey was done in the Great Nine Partners patent running in 1 1/2 mile wide strips from the Hudson River east through the patent. The particular strip running at the bottom of the patent including the future hamlet of Clinton Corners was classified as good land.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Clinton’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 viewClinton, N.Y, 1885: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Clinton, decade by decade
1980s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Clinton, N.Y (1885) and it appears here side by side.
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National Register · via WikidataFrom Wikimedia Commons (1), the Library of Congress (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.