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City murders received national attention |
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Using Seaside Park as a photo backdrop |
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Seaside Park was victim of 1893 hurricane |
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Pleasure Beach has had its share of problems |
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Luckily, none hurt in 1891 coal bin collapse |
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Seaside cannon was captured from the Spanish |
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McLevy and Bruno faced off twice |
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Premier newsboy sold papers for a living |
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Hometown should honor its baseball hero |
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Lace factory helped decorate automobiles |
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Honoring Col. Mucci, the city's WWII hero |
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First Barnum Festival in 1949 parade featured 50 floats |
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Looking for a photo of Gustave Whitehead in the air |
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Nothing is sturdier than a Josephson bag |
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From 15 bowling alleys in city to none |
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Bathhouse was place to dance at beach |
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Blue-eyed stranger sailed on the schooner 'Friendship' |
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What rooftop was the photographer on? |
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A ferry trip to Pleasure Beach was once a summer ritual |
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"I'll call back" immortalized by frequent visitor Park City |
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Blizzard showed it can still snow in March |
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Many presidents visit city |
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City was once home to many baseball teams |
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Joseph Niedermeier's long days led to Beechmont Dairy |
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Thousands greeted Nixon during '60 visit |
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The arrival of the undertaker in Bridgeport |
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Ives Toys in Bridgeport made happy boys |
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High school built in 1914, now City Hall |
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A downtown Christmas in 1937 Bridgeport |
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Locomobile went from steam to electric cars |
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In 1952, Santa found a new home in the city |
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Where was former Mayor Clapp Spooner's hilltop farm? |
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South End sisters left a legacy of goodwill |
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Looking back at baseball's golden era in Bridgeport |
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A female tax rebel's 1952 visit to the Klein |
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Corbit's bulletin brought up-to-the minute news |
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Railroad tower was a haunted place in 1895 |
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Bank constructed ornate headquarters in 1917 |
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This Bridgeport landmark, gone forever, graced same corner location for a decade |
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Rainstorm in 1905 broke Beardsley dam |
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Puerto Rican family came to East End in 1844 |
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Fountain at Jenkins Valve factory was familiar sight to train travelers |
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Prospect School was once city's only school |
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Seaside Institute assisted women workers at the Warner factory |
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Where is this old city fire wagon driving? |
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Library mural is as grand as Bridgeport |
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In the old days, the iceman really did go door to door |
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Downtown's McLevy Green has been spruced up before |
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Seaside Park was popular in the late 1800s with 'sea bathers' seeking the salt water |
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Horse-drawn trolleys were a hit in the 1890s |
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