Pentimento
History reveals itself.

Walk through your city and discover the exact spots where history was photographed. No searching. Just a quiet moment when the past surfaces around you.

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Let history find you.

Pentimento taps you on the shoulder when you're standing where history happened. No app to open. The past surfaces on its own.

A living archive.

Thousands of archival photographs sourced from the Library of Congress and historical societies โ€” each one placed on the map where it was taken.

Help place history.

Community geocoding means the archive gets more accurate over time. When you know where a photo was taken, you can move the pin.

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