Burlington,
since 1886
Postcards, papers and photographs of Burlington from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the area, Native American mounds were constructed near the present location of Burlington. A small Potawatomi village stood in what became Burlington.
The earliest certain European presence in what became Burlington was in the fall of 1799, when a group of French explorers and missionaries led by Francis Morgan de Vereceones made a portage from the Root River to the Fox River, reaching the Fox at approximately Burlington's present location.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Burlington’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 viewHABS WIS,51-BURL,1- (sheet 0 of 2…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Burlington, decade by decade
CommonsHABS WIS,51-BURL,1- (sheet 0 of 2) - Immaculate Conception …1933
CommonsHABS WIS,51-BURL,1- (sheet 0 of 2) - Immaculate Conception …1933
CommonsHABS WIS,51-BURL,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Immaculate Conception …1933
CommonsHABS WIS,51-BURL,1- (sheet 1 of 2) - Immaculate Conception …1933
CommonsHABS WIS,51-BURL,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Immaculate Conception …1933
CommonsHABS WIS,51-BURL,1- (sheet 2 of 2) - Immaculate Conception …1933
CommonsImmaculate Conception Church1933
CommonsImmaculate Conception Church1933
CommonsHABS WIS,51-BURL,2- (sheet 0 of 6) - Luther Hall, Jefferson…1933
CommonsHABS WIS,51-BURL,2- (sheet 1 of 6) - Luther Hall, Jefferson…19331990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as HABS WIS,51-BURL,1- (sheet 0 of 2) - Immaculate Conception Church (1933) and it appears here side by side.
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From Wikimedia Commons (10) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.