"A date which will live in infamy"

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1904.. (Ad) Lloyd & Blaine in Pocomoke offers a wide range of Christmas gifts.

2005..  A 22-member task force apparently won't be able to come up with a solution to Chesapeake Bay Bridge traffic problems.

1971..  Picture- Pocomoke Taster's Recipe Luncheon committee members.

1926..  Merchants and auto dealers are putting on a big Exposition in Salisbury.

1882..  A new 400 ton steamboat is being built in Pocomoke City.

POCOMOKE CHRISTMAS PARADE WINNERS

http://www.pocomokechristmasparade.com/winners.html

Christmas in Pocomoke City 50 years ago.

Christmas Season 1969

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 Democratic Messenger

Parade Rescheduled

Due to weather conditions the Pocomoke City Christmas Parade has been rescheduled from Monday, 12/2 until 7P.M. Tuesday, 12/3.

TIME MACHINE: 1983, 1989, 1922, 1931, 1893.

December, 1983

Daily Times (Salisbury)

August, 1989
(excerpt)

Evening Sun (Baltimore)

August, 1922

  

Worcester Democrat

July, 1931

Salisbury Times

Footnote:  Boxing in Pocomoke was well attended.  For one promotion former Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey came to Pocomoke to participate as a guest referee. 

April, 1893

Peninsula Enterprise (Accomac)

1970..  "Houston, we have a problem."

1958..    Hula Hoops become a world-wide phenomenon with 100 million sold.

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.

Friday fire.

    (WBOC picture)

   Fire Friday at Eastern Shore Fire Products north of  Pocomoke.

View more at these two links:
https://www.pocomokefire.com/gallery/detail?id=37692

https://www.wmdt.com/2019/11/pocomoke-business-sustains-200k-in-damages-from-fire/

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1983..  (Picture) "Bridge To Wonderland" float in the Pocomoke City Christmas Parade.

1989..  Campbell Soup Company announces it's closing their plants in Pocomoke and Crisfield.

1922..  Construction is underway in Pocomoke City on "the largest and best equipped" department store on the Eastern Shore.

1931..   A large crowd is expected at Pocomoke's new outdoor boxing arena which can seat 4,000 fans.

1893..   Should fencing be required to keep cows and hogs in check in the Eastern Shore of Virginia's Atlantic District?

Thanksgiving, 2019

Attention Time Travelers..

(1898)

Peninsula Enterprise- Accomac

Almost here!

Read more about it: 
http://www.pocomokechristmasparade.com/

TIME MACHINE: 1928, 2005, 1939, 1945, 1902.

Giving Thanks (but the beginning of the "Great Depression" was soon to follow.)

May, 2005

The Star Democrat (Easton)

May, 1939

  Worcester Democrat

June, 1939

 Worcester Democrat

November, 1945

Salisbury Times

March, 1902

Baltimore Sun

1954..  Women's fashions-

1975..  Women's Fashions-

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.