The archive, in place
Every place opens
another story.
Start with a familiar town or a distant coast. Find the films, historical lives and surviving records connected to each setting.
18 places21 filmsA world of evidence
Numbered places match the list below. Groups open a closer view.
Place 02 1859
Dickinson Township
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
John, Emeline and Elizabeth Butler were taken from Dickinson Township in 1859. The film follows the abduction, search and ensuing court case, with a separate source trail for the Farmers Academy connection.
On the mapTownship context. The marker locates the community rather than an exact home or abduction site.
About this map and its geography
These are settings from the published films and person records. A pin can represent a town, island, installation or wider region; each place explains its scope. The stories belong to different people and periods.
Made with Natural Earth, 1:110m land and 1:50m Canary Island outlines. Public-domain coastline data, projected and rounded for this self-contained locator. The Canary Islands use finer 1:50m outlines. Coastlines provide modern geographic context; no political boundaries are drawn. Public-domain terms.
The Places in Their Time collection provides the archive’s separate queue for deeper historical place contexts.