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!
Salute to South American on Montello Park amid ship blaze
A 1925 vigil marks the six o'clock salute as the large steamer burned at its Montello Park docks, while the once docked pleasure ship had wintered and nearly finished repairs when a fire sprang in a state room and was fed by a north west wind. The archive lists events from 1533 to 1964 including Cranmer Henry VIII marriage, 54th Massachusetts departure, Titanic report, Cantigny battle, Warner Bros color talkie, Golden Gate opening, Chamberlain prime minister, Volkswagen founding, Belgian surrender, Dodgers and Giants move, PLO charter.
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Lake Front
Montello Park
Canterbury
Thomas Cranmer
England
Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn
54Th
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Boston
Senate Commerce Committee
Cantigny
Warner Bros
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Golden Gate Bridge
California
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Nazi Germany
Volkswagen
Labour Front
National League
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Palestine Liberation Organization
Palestine National Congress
Jerusalem