From the October 12, 1990 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Cranberry Day in Gay Head this year wasn’t just the observance of an age-old Wampanoag custom, it was a celebration of nationhood.

From the October 7, 1955 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: That the map is old is obvious.

From the September 28, 1962 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Joseph Chase Allen: The one thing that every generation shares with the one preceding it, is the memory of that “grand, old-fashioned cookery.”

From the September 15, 1972 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Dorothy West: Mrs. Mildred Johnson Edwards and her teenage daughter, Melanie, live in a large, pleasant house on Tuckernuck avenue in Oak Bluffs, where the cottages share a fine stretch of park.

From the September 4, 1919 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Chilmark was no less attractive in 1880 than now, but there were more sheep, more cattle, more cultivated fields and more inhabitants.

From the August 22, 1950 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The fair, say the old-timers, isn’t quite what it used to be. But then, they add with reminiscent chuckles, it never was quite what it used to be.