About the project

TimeBack is an opportunity to remember and relive Cayman’s past. Compass Media and Dart have scanned negatives of more than 300,000 photographs from the Cayman Compass archive. A dedicated team of amateur historians, journalists, artists and civic-minded Caymanians are reviewing the collection.

Each month 100 of their selections will be shared with the community in our galleries. All are invited to share their Cayman story by registering and providing history and observations and around the images.

Negatives were digitized by ScanMyPhotos in California, USA.

View the project announcement on Business Wire.

View the CBS News report about the digitization on YouTube.

Paul Bodden displays a trophy won at the 1986 Agriculture Show

Made possible by

Compass Media logo
Compass Media and Dart logos
Cayman Compass logo

With the generous support of our project partners

Logic Cayman logo
Water Authority Cayman logo
BIAS Investors - logo
REMAX Cayman logo
Butterfield
BB&P logo
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