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History · Hamburg
Hamburg’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold no old photos of Hamburg yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
What stands out about Hamburg’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · Help out Start Hamburg’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Hamburg’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
The story How Hamburg came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Hamburg.
Read it all → Hamburg was laid out around 1812 on the Zane's Trace. The community was named after the German city of Hamburg. A post office called Hamburg was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1905.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
By decade No old photos in the archives yet Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Town Square →
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Has Hamburg changed for the better?
Yes I miss the old days
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Hamburg? → Who remembers Hamburg in the 1950s? → A family story from old Hamburg → Does anyone have photos of Hamburg from the 1990s? →
From Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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