History · Levis

Levis’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Levis. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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Lynch Bridge, Spanning Black River at River Road · Library of Congress

The story so far

from the U.S. Census

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 492 to 437 (-11%). Half of its homes were built before 1978.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Levis yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Levis’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewLynch Bridge, Spanning Black Rive…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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Levis, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lynch Bridge, Spanning Black River at River Road and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

nearby towns’ history

From the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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