Litchfield’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Litchfield. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The town of Litchfield was established from part of the town of German Flatts in 1796. Part of the town was used to form the town of Winfield in 1816.
12-year-old Sara Anne Wood disappeared from Litchfield in 1993.
"Litchfield Penitentiary", a fictional women's prison in Litchfield, is the setting for the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Litchfield’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Litchfield’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSusquehanna River near Litchfield…, 1890: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Litchfield
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Litchfield, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Susquehanna River near Litchfield, N.Y (1890) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.