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Mallory-Clyde Lines promotional postcard, public domain
January 24, 1935

45 Lives Lost after SS Mohawk Collision with SS Talisman off Sea Girt

On January 24, 1935, the SS Mohawk left New York City en route to Charlestown, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla. The steel-hulled passenger ship, launched in October 1925, was 387' long, 54' in breadth, and listed at 5897 gross tons. About...
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Featured Monmouth County History Timelines & Stories

Original painting of Monmouth Boat Club by E. J. Bilderback, 2009. Image credit: Monmouth Boat Club, used with permission.
March 20, 1883

Monmouth Boat Club – An Endangered National Historic Site

The “figurative map” of 1614, w:Adriaen Block. Nationaal Archief, Kaartcollectie Buitenland Leupe, 4.VEL 520. Nationaal Archief has declared this to be in the public domain.
January 17, 1524

The European Explorers of New Jersey

Mallory-Clyde Lines promotional postcard, public domain
January 24, 1935

45 Lives Lost after SS Mohawk Collision with SS Talisman off Sea Girt

1965 South Carolina at Duke, Bob Verga drives. Created: 12 December 1964, Duke University. Public Domain
January 24, 1970

Bob Verga, Professional Basketball All-Star

January 28, 1915

The Legacy of the U.S. Life-Saving Service: The United States Coast Guard

Norman Mailer by Bernard Gotfryd, 1967, Public domain, via Wikimedia
January 31, 1923

Norman Mailer

Postcard of British WWII war brides aboard RMS Queen Mary. Public Domain. Fred J Hoertz & Harry H Baumann - The Good Neighbor liners Argentina and Brazil, operated by Moore-McCormack Lines, sailing from New York to the East Coast of South America. Boston Public Library. Used in compliance with terms of Creative Commons.
February 4, 1946

The WWII War Brides of Monmouth County

Fort Monmouth Base historian and museum curator Helen C. Phillips. Image credit: U.S. Army Signal Corps Archives, public domain.
February 5, 1959

Helen C. Phillips: Preserving the History of the U.S. Army Signal Corps and Fort Monmouth

By Melissa Ziobro
Mafia informer Joseph Valachi takes the oath before a US Senate investigations committee. Used under license from Getty Images.
February 5, 1963

From the Fort Monmouth Stockade, Genovese Henchman Joe Valachi Breaks the Mafia’s Code of Silence

John R. Barrows
The Stone Pony, Asbury Park. Photo by John R. Barrows.
February 8, 1974

The Stone Pony

Three images of U-869. U-534 at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England. Photo by Paul Adams, Public domain. U-534 is of the same type of submarine as U-869. Sonar side-scan of sunken U-869. Photo by Richie Kohler. Used by permission, johnchatterton.com. Sketch of sunken U-869 by Dan Crowell. Used by permission, johnchatterton.com.
February 11, 1945

The Tragic Mystery of U-869, a.k.a. “U-Who?”

by Rick Burton
Fallon Capturing the Officer. (1869). Unknown author. The Story of American Heroism, 1897, J.W. Jones publisher, Springfield, Ohio. Public domain.
February 13, 1891

Medal of Honor: Thomas Timothy Fallon

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