A history of Arnold,
since 1781
Postcards, papers and photographs of Arnold from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Present-day Westmoreland County was part of the hunting reserves of the Iroquois Haudenosaunee. European colonists began to penetrate the area in the 1750s, and circa 1781 Robert McCrea purchased the land on which Arnold is situated. William Jack acquired the property and later passed it on to Wilson Jack. The area around Arnold was first settled in 1852 by Major Andrew Arnold, who grew up in nearby Kittanning.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Arnold’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 viewDETAIL VIEW OF BATCH BIN AFTER PL…, 1989: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Arnold, decade by decade
CommonsDETAIL VIEW OF BATCH BIN AFTER PLANT DEMOLITION, LOOKING EA…1989
CommonsGENERAL VIEW OF BATCH PLANT LOOKING SOUTH - Chambers Window…1989
CommonsOVERALL VIEW OF FURNACE BUILDING LOOKING EAST - Chambers Wi…1989
CommonsVIEW OF CUTTING ROOMS (TO RIGHT), LOOKING EAST - Chambers W…1989
CommonsVIEW OF FURNACE BUILDING LOOKING EAST - Chambers Window Gla…1989
CommonsVIEW OF FURNACE NO. 2 AND CARPENTRY SHOP, LOOKING WEST - Ch…19891990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as DETAIL VIEW OF BATCH BIN AFTER PLANT DEMOLITION, LOOKING EAST TOWARD ARNOLD - Chambers Window Glass Company, Batch Plan… (1989) and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.