A history of Putney,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Putney from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗On December 26, 1753, Colonel Josiah Willard led a proprietors' petition for a Putney charter to be established in the Equivalent Lands. The charter was issued that day by Governor Benning Wentworth – issuer of the New Hampshire Grants under the authority of King George II of Great Britain. Significant settlement of Putney did not begin until after the French and Indian War ended in 1763.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Putney’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 viewDr. Laura M. Plantz (cropped), 1924: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Putney, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Dr. Laura M. Plantz (cropped) (1924) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (2), the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.