Franklin’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Franklin. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Sgt. Michael Strank, a Rusyn American and one of the US Marines pictured in the photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, was raised in Franklin.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Franklin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Franklin’s history is told.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewScene on the Allegheny, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Franklin
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Franklin, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Franklin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Franklin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Old Conemaugh Borough Historic District in Johnstown, 1.8 miles away.
Franklin and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Scene on the Allegheny (1905) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.