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Miss Elaine Painter Weds Clifton Thomas Walker In Beautiful Setting At St. James United Church of Christ (1959)
Amid a beautiful setting of canlabra, palms, farm, gladioli and mums, Miss Elaine Dolores Painter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Painter of Lovettsville, and Clifton Thomas Walker, son of…
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These Crack-Ups Spoiled the Airlines’ Perfect 17-Month Safety Record – LIFE Magazine (1941)
LIFE Magazine, March 10, 1941, page 27 [On August 31, 1940] Into a cornfield [near Lovettsville, VA] crashed a Pennsylvania-Central Airlines plane killing all 25 people aboard, including U.S. Senator…
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Report of the Civil Aeronautics Board, Accident Involving NC 21789 near Lovettsville, Virginia (1940)
REPORT OF THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD Of the investigation of an accident involving aircraft of United States registry NC 21789, which occurred near Lovettsville, Virginia, on August 31, 1940 P.…
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Airplane Crackup, Worst Crash In History, Kills Senator Lundeen – LIFE Magazine (1940)
LIFE Magazine, September 16, 1940: “AIRPLANE CRACK-UP, WORST CRASH IN HISTORY, KILLS SENATOR LUNDEEN” The news U.S. air-transport men have been dreading finally came in August 31, 1940. That afternoon…
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Tragedy On the Airways – The Washington DC Sunday Star (1940)
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.C, GRAVURE SECTION SEPTEMBER 8, 1940 “TRAGEDY ON THE AIRWAYS” Jumbled wreckage of crashed airliner as night falls on gruesome scene where 25 persons met death near…
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Farm Boy Tells Story of Plane Crash Killing 25 – Chicago Daily Tribune (1940)
Farm Boy Tells Story of Plane Crash Killing 25 Testifies at Inquiry by Aeronautics Board Chicago Daily Tribune, September 7, 1940, page 8 Chicago Tribune Press Service Washington, D.C., September 6,…
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25 Killed When Passenger Plane Crashes – The Coshocton Tribune (1940)
25 Killed When Passenger Plane Crashes Senator Lundeen of Minnesota Is One of Air Tragedy Victims Several Government Officials Lose Lives in Worst Airplane Accident U. S. Has Even Seen;…
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25 Die in Airplane Crash; Senator Lundeen Among Victims – The Zanesville Signal (1940)
25 DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH; SEN. LUNDEEN AMONG VICTIMS 21 Passengers and Four Crew Members Reported Dead; Worst Disaster in U. S. Commercial Aviation History The Zanesville Signal Ohio, September…
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25 Dead in Crash of Air Transport; Lundeen Is Killed – New York Times (1940)
25 Dead in Crash of Air Transport; Lundeen Is Killed In Virginia Storm Crash Near Mountain in Fog and Rain Startles Village Dwellers By Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES…
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From the Brunswick Citizen: Worst Flood In History Sweeps Potomac Valley (1936)
Town of Brunswick Escapes With Comparatively Slight Damages, But B&O Railroad Suffers Heavy Losses From Water Which Covered Yards.Reprinted from The Brunswick Citizen, May 5 & 12 & 19, 1983…
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Three Buildings Destroyed In Big Lovettsville Fire (9-10-1923)
Loss of $20,000 Sustained in Midnight Blaze in Virginia Town Family Flees From Apartment to Safety Brunswick Fire Engine Saves Little Town From Total Destruction — The Frederick Maryland…
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VIDEO: Down the Old Potomac On the C&O Canal; A Thomas Edison Film (1917)
Down the Old Potomac On the C&O Canal; A Thomas Edison Film (1917) This silent, black & white film from 1917 gives a rare glimpse of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal,…
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“The Pennsylvania Germans in Loudoun County, Virginia” (1908)
“The Pennsylvania Germans in Loudoun County, Virginia,” by Briscoe Goodhart. A chapter excerpted from The Pennsylvania German, Volume 9, A Popular Magazine of Biography, History, Genealogy, Folklore, Literature, Etc., dated…
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The History of Pennsylvania Germans in Loudoun County, Virginia (1908)
[Source: “The Pennsylvania German”, Volume 9 by Philip Columbs Croll, Henry Addison Schuler, Howard Wiegner Kriebel; March 1908] The first white people to locate in Loudoun County, Virginia, as actual…
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Book: “The German Settlement” by Briscoe Goodhart (1900)
“The German Settlement,” by Goodhart, Briscoe. [from old catalog], Published 1900, PDF download: 1900-the-german-settlement-book-by-briscoe-goodhart . Download other formats at: https://archive.org/details/germansettlement00good . Publisher [Hamilton, Loudoun telephone office Pages 68 Possible copyright status NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language English Call number 7254536 Digitizing sponsor Sloan…
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1863 Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] Counties, Virginia (1863)
Cropped detail of the area of Lovettsville, Virginia and environs from the Civil War map titled “1863 Map of Fauquier & Loudon [sic] Counties, Virginia, By order of Lt. Col.…