A history of Garfield,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Garfield from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Garfield was founded in the early 1880s by Samuel J. Tant, who named the town after James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Garfield’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 viewGarfield WA 1904-1918, 1904: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Garfield
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Garfield, decade by decade
CommonsGarfield WA 1904-19181904 · postcard
CommonsJohn Drew Ranch, Garfield, Washington, circa 1905 - DPLA - …c. 1905 · postcard
CommonsGarfield Hardware & Mercantile Company, Garfield, Washingto…1906 · postcard
CommonsHotel Carter Block, Garfield, Washington, 1906 - DPLA - dc4…1906 · postcard
CommonsPresbyterian Church, Garfield, Washington, 1906 - DPLA - f6…1906 · postcard
1990s
1 historic place in Garfield
1 place in Garfield 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 Garfield WA 1904-1918 (1904) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.