History

The city once had a fair number of breweries and distributors. (Spinner Publication)Yum. Beer. I can’t recall a time where there have been more breweries, microbreweries, or varieties. There is even, for the first time in history, such a thing as a beer snob. We’ve all run into that guy …

Welcome to next installment in the New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana series. Previously we covered William Street, Kempton Street, Middle Street, Centre Street, Ashley Boulevard, Elm Street, Coggeshall Street, Mechanics Lane, Washburn Street and others. If you would like to read those or perhaps revisit them, they can …

Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar on the right or by clicking here. These articles are strolls down memory lane. In some cases the buildings, but new businesses have replaced them. In other instances, the buildings or …

The oldest extant photo of anyone in the Hillman clan: Justin (1792-1896) and Abigail (1795-1892) Hillman. Series Introduction Welcome to the eighth installment of the series “Historical Personages of New Bedford.” The previous six installments can be found by using the keyword “personage” in the search window in the column …

Welcome to next installment in the New Bedford Streets; A Piece of Americana series. Previously we covered William Street, Kempton Street, Middle Street, Centre Street, Ashley Boulevard, Elm Street, Coggeshall Street, Mechanics Lane, Washburn Street and many others. If you would like to read those or perhaps revisit them, they …

Clam cakes at the Whaling City Festival. Photo by BlueSleepy It used to be that every year you could look forward to an annual city tradition. You could rely on it as sure as day and night would follow one another. There was no thinking about it. You didn’t need …

Whistle Bottle Company, 1923 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Shorpy. One of the more popular “Who Remembers…?” articles we share is the one on Virginia Dare. I think that one of the reasons people are so fond of it is that for many it’s something within their or our memory. …

We often think of hurricanes as a modern phenomenon. In fact, we associate natural disasters of all sorts to be a modern development, especially in light of global climate change. At one point tsunamis that wiped out entire cities and were responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of …

UPDATE: The Paul Revere sign was sold by the Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) for $5,000 and will be shipped to Boston – likely never to ride again over New Bedford. Here is another installment in our Who Remembers? series. You can browse previous articles by using the search bar …