History Center Project

Berrien Springs, MI
A Rephotography Project

 

Rephotography isn’t new. Many photographers have taken historically significant collections of images and rephotographed the sites decades later to document both natural and manmade changes to the landscape and to compare the growth of population centers over time. I have had the opportunity to do a similar project here in Berrien Springs, MI.

I’d like to thank the Berrien County History Center for the image loan in order to create this project. Learn more about them here.

Lake Chapin, October 1908

Ferry Street, 1905

Ferry Street, July 1873

Main & Ferry St, circa 1900

Crowds watching the making of a movie on Ferry Street, 1908

Interurban railroad cars on North Main St

Sidewalk sale at Wilsons Hardware on Ferry St, circa 1955

United Brethren Church, corner of West Ferry and Kimmel Streets, 1937

Home of Theophilus Noel at 501 Main St

Shamrock Grill, East Ferry St, June 1969

Interurban Railway bridge over St. Joseph River before construction of Dam and creation of Lake Chapin, circa 1906-08

Lake Chapin, 2019

Ferry Street, 2019

Ferry Street, 2019

Main & Ferry St, 2019

Ferry Street, 2019

North Main St, 2019

Ferry Street, 2019

Seventh-Day Adventist Spanish Church, 2019

501 Main St, Berrien Springs, MI, 2019

Nikki’s Cafe, East Ferry St, 2019

Remains of Interurban Railway bridge, 2019

I’d like to thank the Berrien County History Center for the image loan in order to create this project. Learn more about them here.