The public archives hold no old photos of Gainesville yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Gainesville’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Gainesville.
The Town of Gainesville was established in 1814 from part of the Town of Warsaw. The original name was "Hebe."
The Town of Gainesville is the birthplace of David Starr Jordan, the first president of Stanford University; as well as Ella Hawley Crossett, prominent activist in the women's suffrage movement.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, the National Register and the people born here.
Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
From Wikipedia and Wikidata for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
