The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Norwich. 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 Norwich’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Norwich.
Norwich was laid out in 1827, and named after Norwich, in England, the native home of a first settler. A post office has been in operation at Norwich since 1828. By 1833, Norwich had four stores, two churches, and two taverns. The village was incorporated in 1833.
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Woven from the archive, the National Register and the people born here.
Born hereChalmers Wylie is born here
In the archiveHistoric National Road - Antique Car at National Road/Zane Grey MuseumOne decade in the archive so far: the 1990s. 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 Norwich’s page.
Retake this view · +15The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the Library of Congress (1), the National Register of Historic Places (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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