A history of Prague,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Prague from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗After the opening of the Sac and Fox Reservation by a land run on September 22, 1891, Czech immigrants settled and founded Prague. Eva Barta owned the land, and named the new town "Prague" for the Czech capital in Europe, then part of Austria-Hungary. The town incorporated in 1902. The town's name has been adopted in Sac and Fox language as Pwêkeki.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Prague’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewRailroad stretching through the c…, 1939: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Prague
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Prague, decade by decade
LOCRailroad stretching through the countryside near Prague, Ok…1939
LOCBuilding a fire, migrant camp near Prague, Oklahoma1939
LOCMigrants loading rear deck of automobile while camped near …1939
LOCCamp of migrant workers near Prague, Oklahoma. Lincoln Coun…1939
LOCMigrant worker looking through back window of automobile ne…19391990s
2 historic places in Prague
2 places in Prague are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Railroad stretching through the countryside near Prague, Oklahoma (1939) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From the Library of Congress (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.