This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Pioneers of the Atlantic and the moon next
Fifty years after Alcock and Brown first nonstop Atlantic crossing in 1919, aviation’s bold feats span WWI postwar records to Lindbergh’s 1927 solo flight. Read, the Vimy, and Brown’s life mark early era courage and tech limits as space curiosity grows.
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John Alcock
D.S.C
Arthur Whitten Brown
U.S. Navy
Albert C. Read
Atlantic
Rockaway
N.Y
Newfoundland
Azores
Lisbon
Portugal
Plymouth
England
Alcock
Brown
St. John’s
Clifden
Ireland
mid-Atlantic
Ocean
Glasgow
Manchester
George V
London Daily Mail
Arthur Brown
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cmdr
A. C. Read