We Believe! The recent article written in Jane’s All the World Aircraft that verifies Gustave Whitehead flew his plane on August 14, 1901. We here at the Bridgeport Public Library’s History Center have scads of articles on file that support this. We Believe in Gustave Whitehead! Here is an ...
Harvey Hubbell II opened his manufacturing facility in a small loft on Middle Street in Bridgeport in 1888. Although he had some early successes in manufacturing, it was his new pull socket patented in 1896 that brought him real success. The Hubbell pull socket, which he developed ...
Bridgeport has often been called a "City of Neighborhoods." There are commonly used designations for the various areas of Bridgeport, each neighborhood historically attracting immigrants from a variety of ethnic groups. What has become the city of Bridgeport is the mixing of citizens who moved here ...
by Andy Piascik In 1933, Antonio Mastromonaco established the Bronx Casket Company on Webster Avenue in the Norwood section of the Bronx. Mastromonaco was born in Campobasso in Italy and emigrated to the United States around 1913. He had been a laborer in Italy and was ...
by Abraham Lima This is Part 2 of a 5 Part Series at the Bridgeport History Center: The tri-color flag of Mexico, the green red and white. In the middle stands an eagle on a cactus with a snake, the legacy of this eagle, the eagle the ...
