The public archives hold just one old photo of Buffalo. 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 Buffalo’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Buffalo.
Buffalo was originally called "Hartford", and under the latter name was platted in 1836. A post office called Buffalo has been in operation since 1839.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Buffalo’s page.
Retake this view · +15What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
From the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia and Wikidata for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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