Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
1871 - MARYLAND. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RAGING IN HAGERSTOWN.
HAGERSTOWN, Dec. 7 1 A. M. — Last evening at ten o’clock a fire broke out in the business house of Rollins & Burbank, agricultural implement dealers, Antietam street, opposite the Baltimore and Ohio... Read MORE...
Boston Daily Advertiser - Boston, Massachusetts - December 7, 1871
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1871 - MARYLAND. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RAGING IN HAGERSTOWN.
HAGERSTOWN, Dec. 7 1 A. M. — Last evening at ten o’clock a fire broke out in the business house of Rollins & Burbank, agricultural implement dealers, Antietam street, opposite the Baltimore and Ohio... Read MORE...
Boston Daily Advertiser - Boston, Massachusetts - December 7, 1871
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What to Get a Man for Christmas
Postal Scale and Letter Opener
Postal Scale Company, Chapel St., New Haven, Conn.
The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)
1876 - THE HOLOCAUST. The Story as it Stood at Two O'clock This Afternoon. AN UNPRECEDENTED HORROR. EVERY HOUR ADDING TO THE LIST OF THE DEAD. THE CALAMITY NOT YET MEASURED.
A Hundred Bodies Recovered from the Ruins and a Hundred More Visible.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DISASTER.
Every hour since the fire in the theatre was extinguished has brought fresh and saddening... Read MORE...
The Brooklyn Eagle - New York, New York - December 7, 1876
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1876 - THE HOLOCAUST. The Story as it Stood at Two O'clock This Afternoon. AN UNPRECEDENTED HORROR. EVERY HOUR ADDING TO THE LIST OF THE DEAD. THE CALAMITY NOT YET MEASURED.
A Hundred Bodies Recovered from the Ruins and a Hundred More Visible.
GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DISASTER.
Every hour since the fire in the theatre was extinguished has brought fresh and saddening... Read MORE...
The Brooklyn Eagle - New York, New York - December 7, 1876
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San Francisco, California, USA
1900 - FELL ON MOLTEN GLASS. Scores Killed and Injured by the Collapse of a Roof. SEVERAL ROASTED TO DEATH.
Disaster Occurred at a Football Game in San Francisco - Victims Were Hurled on a Red Hot Furnace - Bodies Drawn From the Retorts With Pokers - The Dead and Injured.
San Francisco (Special). - By... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - December 7, 1900
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1900 - FELL ON MOLTEN GLASS. Scores Killed and Injured by the Collapse of a Roof. SEVERAL ROASTED TO DEATH.
Disaster Occurred at a Football Game in San Francisco - Victims Were Hurled on a Red Hot Furnace - Bodies Drawn From the Retorts With Pokers - The Dead and Injured.
San Francisco (Special). - By... Read MORE...
The Cranbury Press - New Jersey - December 7, 1900
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The Dalles, Oregon, USA
1901 - ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. NARROW ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS ON O. R. & N. NEAR THE DALLES. NUTS PLACED ON RAILS SEND ENGINE AND MAIL CAR FROM TRACK - ENGINEER AND FIREMAN INJURED - PASSENGERS ARE UNHURT.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 6. - The eastbound passenger train, No. 2, on the Oregon Railway & Navigation, which left this city at 9 a.m., was wrecked 12 miles east of The Dalles this afternoon.
The... Read MORE...
Anaconda Standard - Montana - December 7, 1901
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1901 - ATTEMPT TO WRECK TRAIN. NARROW ESCAPE OF PASSENGERS ON O. R. & N. NEAR THE DALLES. NUTS PLACED ON RAILS SEND ENGINE AND MAIL CAR FROM TRACK - ENGINEER AND FIREMAN INJURED - PASSENGERS ARE UNHURT.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 6. - The eastbound passenger train, No. 2, on the Oregon Railway & Navigation, which left this city at 9 a.m., was wrecked 12 miles east of The Dalles this afternoon.
The... Read MORE...
Anaconda Standard - Montana - December 7, 1901
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Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
1907 - CLINTON'S TOWN HALL DESTROYED BY FIRE.
LOSS OF $100,000 - PROBABLY DUE TO CIGARETTE STUB LEFT BY SOMEONE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL DANCE - TOWN RECORDS SAFE, AND NO OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED.
Clinton, Mass., Dec. 7. - This town was visited by one ... Read MORE...
The Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - December 7, 1907
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1907 - CLINTON'S TOWN HALL DESTROYED BY FIRE.
LOSS OF $100,000 - PROBABLY DUE TO CIGARETTE STUB LEFT BY SOMEONE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL DANCE - TOWN RECORDS SAFE, AND NO OTHER BUILDINGS BURNED.
Clinton, Mass., Dec. 7. - This town was visited by one ... Read MORE...
The Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg, Massachusetts - December 7, 1907
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1800s Cooking Tips and Recipes
Rice Waffles - Beat together a pint of milk, the yolks of three eggs, two ounces of butter...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., January 5, 1881
Rice Waffles - Beat together a pint of milk, the yolks of three eggs, two ounces of butter...Read MORE...
The Willimantic Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn., January 5, 1881
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
1930 December 7 – The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers.
This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast.
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December 7, 1930
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1930 December 7 – The television station W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts, broadcasts video and audio from the radio orchestra program The Fox Trappers.
This broadcast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for the I. J. Fox Furriers company which sponsored the telecast.
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December 7, 1930
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The Edison New Standard Phonograph
Price $20
National Phonograph Co., New York
The Ladies' Home Journal
November 1898
Lancaster, Los Angeles, California, USA
1940 - 4 AIR OFFICERS, SCHOOL BOY DIE; TWELVE ESCAPE.
Lancaster, Cal., Dec. 7 - (I.P.) - The toll of a collision between a school bus and an army station wagon rose to five today with the death in Community hospital of 14-year-old HOWARD... Read MORE...
The Times - San Mateo, California - December 7, 1940
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1940 - 4 AIR OFFICERS, SCHOOL BOY DIE; TWELVE ESCAPE.
Lancaster, Cal., Dec. 7 - (I.P.) - The toll of a collision between a school bus and an army station wagon rose to five today with the death in Community hospital of 14-year-old HOWARD... Read MORE...
The Times - San Mateo, California - December 7, 1940
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1941 - December 7 - Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World... Read MORE...
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December 7, 1941
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Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World... Read MORE...
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December 7, 1941
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1935 December 7 - Severe flooding hit parts of the Houston, TX, area. Eight persons were killed as one hundred city blocks were inundated.
The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel
October 28, 1886 - Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Quebec - Did you know? The Assomption (or arrow) sash is a symbolic piece of clothing central to the culture of the...Read MORE...
Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America www.ameriquefrancaise.org
Quebec - Did you know? The Assomption (or arrow) sash is a symbolic piece of clothing central to the culture of the...Read MORE...
Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America www.ameriquefrancaise.org
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Visit New Milford, New Jersey, USA!
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Pearl Works (1910)
Visit New Milford, New Jersey, USA!
Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Pearl Works (1910)
Goff's Angora Braid
D. Goff & Sons, Pawtucket, R.I.
The Ladies' Home Journal
September 1898
