A history of Nicholson,
since 1875
Postcards, papers and photographs of Nicholson from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The borough of Nicholson was incorporated on August 23, 1875 and was named after John Nicholson, who had been Pennsylvania's comptroller general in the late 1700s.
The town of Nicholson attracted national attention during the final week of July 1986, when an escaped Bengal tiger was hunted in the area for several days. Despite air and ground searches by state police and zoo officials, the animal was never found.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Nicholson’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNicholson Viaduct, 1915: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Nicholson, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Nicholson
1 place in Nicholson is 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 Nicholson Viaduct (1915) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.