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Happy New Year!
Tomorrow we will start the new year, 1921, for the Briggs family. The 1921 New Years Eve was touted as the saddest ever, as the reality...
Oct 18, 20222 min read


Letter Home- Betty to Family–Dec. 17, 1920
[Headlines from The New York Times (page 1, above the fold) to place the letters in context of the world around them.] COOLIDGE AGREES...
Sep 29, 20222 min read


Now who's Stung? Letter home—Feb. 13, 1920
[Headlines from The New York Times (page 1, above the fold) to place the letters in context of the world around them.] PROSECUTE...
Jul 13, 20222 min read

Pennsylvania Station Opens. Nov. 28, 2010
[Headlines from The New York Times (page 1, above the fold) to place the letters in context of the world around them.] 100,000 VISITORS...
Jun 28, 20222 min read
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