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566155

A record of the construction of the Panama Canal...

Item #566155

January 01, 1914

CANAL RECORD, Ancon, Canal Zone, 1914  This small-size periodical from the Isthmus of Panama is an interesting  newspaper published by the "Isthmian Canal Commission", given free of charge to employees of the Commission & the Panama Railroad Company. It lasted for several years documenting the construction of the Panama Canal, considered one of the finest engineering achiev... See More  

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649251

A record of the construction of the Panama Canal...

Item #649251

January 01, 1914

CANAL RECORD, Ancon, Canal Zone, 1914  This small-size periodical from the Isthmus of Panama is an interesting  newspaper published by the "Isthmian Canal Commission", given free of charge to employees of the Commission & the Panama Railroad Company. It lasted for several years documenting the construction of the Panama Canal, considered one of the finest engineering achiev... See More  

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578240

Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct...

Baseball, automotive, and aviation interest...

Item #578240

September 19, 1914

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 19, 1914



* Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct

* Baseball interest

* Automobile interest

* Early aviation



The front page has construction scenes of the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct, with addition images and text on inside pages.  The issue also contains interesting images and articles related to baseball ("Time as a Factor in Baseball"), early av... See More  

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578802

Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct...

Baseball, automotive, and aviation interest...

Item #578802

September 19, 1914

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, September 19, 1914



* Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct

* Baseball interest

* Automobile interest

* Early aviation



The front page has construction scenes of the Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct, with addition images and text on inside pages.  The issue also contains interesting images and articles related to baseball ("Time as a Factor in Baseball"), early av... See More  

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632185

Railway electrification project...

Item #632185

January 23, 1915

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, January 23, 1915 The front cover has "Railroad Electrification in the Far West" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "New Light on the Great Toothed Divers of America"; "Military Surgery"; "Installation of a Gas Engine"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements. 

Complete in sixteen pag... See More  

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646310

Locomotives and automobiles...

Item #646310

March 06, 1915

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 6, 1915  The front cover is a dramatic illustration of a locomotive rushing over a damaged bridge (see). Inside has many photos of the latest military-related items, plus some nice automobile advertisements as well, including a color back cover ad for the "Oldsmobile" (see).

Complete in 32 pages plus covers, two minor repairs at the blank spine... See More  

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632184

Railroad building in New York City...

Item #632184

August 14, 1915

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 14, 1915 The front cover has "Railroad Building Under and Over the streets of New York" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "A Mechanical Eye"; "Some Novel Automobile Accessories"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements. 

Complete in sixteen pages, never bound, an non-archival mend in the blank ma... See More  

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622636

Russia and Italy vs. Bulgaria... Suffragist vote...

Item #622636

October 20, 1915

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1915  The front page has a three-column, three-line headline "Russia and Italy Declare War on Bulgaria and Allies Warn Greece; Bulgars Cut the Nish Railroad" with subheads "Italian Fleet on the Way " "Allies Reject Greek View of Treaty and Land More Troops" "Some Marching overland" and more. There are additional articles ... See More  

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635861

WWI warfare...

Item #635861

December 04, 1915

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, December 4, 1915 The color-cover is an illustration of soldiers using a searchlight to find zepplins. Inside the issue is: "The Intermittent Waterfall"; "Recent German Naval Construction"; The Future of Radio Telephony"; "The Passing of the Steam Locomotive"; "The Manufacture of English 12-Inch Guns"; "Electricity in ... See More  

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598769

Early flight... catapulting planes from a cruiser...

Item #598769

March 18, 1916

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 18, 1916  The full front cover has a duotone illustration entitled "Launching A Sea Plane From The After Deck Of The U.S. Armored Cruiser 'North Carolina'" with an accompanying inside report "Widening the Range of the Fleets Eyes By Means of the Aeroplane Catapult."

Also within the issue is: "Operating Trains across the Gr... See More  

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657742

1916 color print of multiple locomotives...

Item #657742

July 01, 1916

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, July 1, 1916  The cover has a wonderful and highly displayable color cover of a set of three trains, as seen from the point of view of a 4th locomotive's engineer, with steam rising in the foreground.  The print shows passengers standing at the back of the caboose of one of the trains the locomotive is trailing.  Additional unrelated prints (automotive ads, ... See More  

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599927

Shepherdsville train wreck...

Item #599927

December 21, 1917

THE WILMINGTON STAR, North Carolina, December 21, 1917 



* Shepherdsville train wreck 



The front page has a two column headline: "Thirty-Eight Killed In Louisville & Nashville Wreck; 39 Others Injured". 1st report coverage on the Louisville and Nashville railroad train wreck at Shepherdsville, Kentucky.



Other news and various advertisements of the day throughout. Co... See More  

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682260

1917 Shepherdsville, Kentucky train wreck...

Item #682260

December 21, 1917

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Dec. 21, 1917



* Shepherdsville, Kentucky

* Trains collision wreck disaster

* Louisville and Nashville Railroad


 

The front page has a one column heading: "FORTY-SIX KILLED IN KENTUCKY WRECK". (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this e... See More  

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699639

1918 Hammond Circus Train Wreck...

Item #699639

June 22, 1918

EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, June 22, 1918



* Hammond Circus Train Wreck

* Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus disaster

* Michigan Central Railroad - Indiana



The front page has a seven column headline: "Scores Killed In Circus Train Wreck" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not tot... See More  

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629642

Nashville, Tennessee Train Collision in 1918.....

Item #629642

July 10, 1918

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, July 10, 1918

 

* Nashville, TN Train No. 1

* Great train wreck of 1918



This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines the front page:

"RAIL WRECK DEATH TOLL AT LEAST 100" and "Most of Victims of Head-On Collision Near Nashville Negroes on Way yo Powder Plant" with smaller subheads.



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632987

Truck transportation...

Item #632987

August 17, 1918

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, August 17, 1918  The color cover page has "Forwarding Freight by Motor Truck Express to Relieve our Over-burdened Railroads" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is: "Via Motor Truck"; "Motorized Railways"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.

Complete in 32 pages in nice condition.

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686434

1919 C-5 airship transatlantic flight attempt......

Item #686434

May 18, 1919

ROTOGRAVURE SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, May 18, 1919



* United States Navy C class blimp

* Transatlantic flight attempt

* Aviation - airship - dirigible - zeppelin




The front page of this section has 3 related photos concerning the C-5 transatlantic flight attempt. (see)

Other topics throughout. Complete with 8 pages, irregular along the spine, generally good.



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537703

Andrew Carnegie death....

Item #537703

August 12, 1919

THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, August 12, 1919

 

* Andrew Carnegie death

* 1st report




This 18 page newspaper has a three line, two column headline on the front page: "Andrew Carnegie Goes Way of All the Earth After Giving Millions" with subhead: "Famous Ironmaster and Philanthropist Dies of Pneumonia, After Brief Illness--His Life Story Remarkable .

 

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555678

Railroad Autombile...

Item #555678

October 11, 1919

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, from New York City, dated October 11, 1919



* Early railroad car

* Color coverr and car ad




Full front page has a color illus:



* Automobile Inspection Car For The Railroad Official



Shows a car built to travel on rails on a mountain pass, and an inspector talking to a rail worker. Report inside: "The Railroading Automobile."



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561139

Railroading... Monoplane... Repeating Rifle...

Item #561139

December 01, 1921

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, December, 1921, from New York, New York (with color cover). This issue contains the following prints, articles, and/or ads: Comparison of the Leading Railroad Systems of the World; The 4,000-Pound Demolition Bomb; Leading Armies of the World; Abraham Lincoln and the Repeating Rifle; The Revival of the Monoplane; The Mechanism of the Pipe Organ; and many more interesting articl... See More  

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202486

A wealth of inventions and period ads...

Item #202486

May 01, 1922

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, May, 1922



This issue contains the following prints, articles, and/or ads: Where the Money Goes - How Uncle Sam Will Spend His Income for 1922; Our Wasteful Industries; Cutting and Fitting Beneath the Waves; Telephoning To Sea; The Industrial Production of Helium; From Railroad to Highway; Transmitting Power in Fluid Waves; New York City's Staten Island Docks; &quo... See More  

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563174

Dawson, New Mexico... Coal mine disaster...

Item #563174

February 09, 1923

THE WORLD, New York, February 9, 1923



* Dawson, New Mexico

* Coal mine disaster (1st report)

* Is a ghost town today



This 24 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 13: "125 ENTOMBED BY BLAST IN MINE WHERE MANY WERE KILLED IN 1913".



Other news of the day including reporting on the recent King Tut Tomb finding. Usual browning with little margin wear, otherwise good. S... See More  

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562949

Woodrow Wilson's death....

Item #562949

February 04, 1924

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1924



* Death of President Woodrow Wilson



This 20 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "FUNERAL OF WOODROW WILSON WILSON TO TAKE PLACE ON NEXT WEDNESDAY" with subheads that include: "WHOLE NATION MOURNS DEATH OF WOODROW WILSON" and much more with nice black bordered photo of Wilson.



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579820

Red Grange famous performance... Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr to build a railroad...

Item #579820

October 20, 1924

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1924



* Red Grange "The Galloping Ghost"

* University of Illinois famous performance

* Michigan Wolverines




This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 21 that include: "ILLINOIS FAVORED TO CAPTURE TITLE", "Eleven's Decisive Victory Over Michigan Stamps It as a Big Ten Leader" and more (see photo).



Also on the ... See More  

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573975

Blairsville PA train disaster...

Item #573975

June 17, 1926

THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, June 17, 1926  This 18 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "RAIL WRECK KILLS 15" with subheads. (see)



This tells of the Pennsylvania Railroad passenger trains disaster at Blairsville, Pennsylvania.



Other news of the day. Light browning, otherwise good.

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678456

1928 Chauncey Depew death...

Item #678456

April 05, 1928

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1928



* Chauncey Depew death (1st report)

* New York Central Railroad president

* United States senator - New York




The top of the front page has a one column heading: "CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN HIS 94TH YEAR" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues inside with photo of Depew.

Complete with all 48 pages, this is the &qu... See More  

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618062

Amelia Earhart's Pittsburgh welcome...

Item #618062

July 25, 1928

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 25, 1928



* Aviatrix Amelia Earhart

* Post Atlantic Ocean flight

* Airplane "Friendship"

* Pittsburgh welcome




Page 5 has one column headings: "Miss Earhart Rides In Locomotive Cab" "Dons Cap and Overalls at Pittsburgh After Being Welcomed by City"1st report coverage on Amelia Earhart being Pittsburgh's guest of honor after her famo... See More  

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690859

1929 Newark Metropolitan Airport disaster...

Item #690859

March 18, 1929

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 18, 1929



* Newark Metropolitan Airport disaster

* Ford Ti-Motor airplane crash - New Jeresy

* Deadliest aviation accident at the time




The front page has a nice banner headline: "CRASH KILLS 13 AIR TOURISTS" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Lengthy first report coverage continues on page 2. Three related photos and banner heading on the back pag... See More  

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653285

Mary Williamson Averell death... E. H. Harriman...

Item #653285

November 08, 1932

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 8, 1932



* Mary Williamson Averell death

* American philanthropist

* E. H. Harriman's wife




The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "MRS. E. H. HARRIMAN DIES AT AGE OF 81" with subheads and photo. First report coverage on the death of Mary Williamson Averell, wife of railroad executive E. H. Harriman. I suspect this is one of the few publicatio... See More  

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657487

1933 Thomas G. W. Settle balloon flight flop...

Item #657487

August 05, 1933

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1933



* Officer Thomas G. W. Settle

* Century of Progress balloon

* Soldier Field flight failure




The front page has a great banner headline: "BALLOON RISES A  MILE; FALLS" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. A full back page pictorial is also nice for display. Probably only found in this Chicago publication.

Complete with all 24 pages, thi... See More  

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660286

1933 Binghamton, New York train disaster....

Item #660286

September 06, 1933

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 6, 1933



* Binghamton, Broome County, Pennsylvania

* Erie Railroad train collision disaster




The front page has a banner headline: "TRAINS CRASH; 14 DIE, 30 HURT" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete i... See More  

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552667
Item #552667

September 26, 1933

THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, September 26, 1933



* Tampico Mexico hurricane disaster



This 16 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Storm Destroys Tampico; 5,000 Are Believed Dead; City Begs For Quick Help" with subheads. Other news of the day throughout.



Little browning and minor wear around the margins, otherwise good.



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210975

Coca Cola ad... Campbell's Tomato Soup ad...

Item #210975

October 21, 1933

LIBERTY magazine, New York, October 21, 1933. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a man being thrown from a horse at a fence (see photo). The back page has a nice color ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes and a color ad for Coca Cola on the inside cover. Also has a color ad for Campbells Tomato Soup. Railroad article too.  Very nice condition, and measu... See More  

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677111

1934 Pioneer Zephyr "The Silver Streak"...

Item #677111

May 27, 1934

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, May 27, 1934



* Pioneer Zephyr "The Silver Streak"

* Diesel-powered railroad train

* Travel speed record




The front page has a two column heading: "Zephyr Sets New Record By Nonstop 1015-Mile Run In 13 Hours, Five Minutes" with subhead. (see)

Complete 1st section only with 22 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.



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572204

Powellton WV locomotive explosion...

Item #572204

December 27, 1934

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, Albany, New York, December 27, 1934  This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "13 ARE KILLED IN BLAST OF MINER ENGINE" "20 More Injured as Train Is Torn Asunder by Explosion" and more. (see)



This tells of the boiler explosion of miners' locomotive of the Koppers Coal Company in Powellton, West Virginia.



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659564

1936 Denver Zephyr train speed record...

Item #659564

October 24, 1936

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 24, 1936



* Denver Zephyr speed record

* Streamliner passenger train

* Travel speed record




Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Burlington Zephyr Sets New Speed Record; 1,017 Miles, Chicago to Denver, in 12 1-5 Hrs." (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.

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688316

Harriet Tubman's gravesite erected...

Item #688316

July 25, 1937

SECTION 2 ONLY of the New York Times, July 25, 1937



* Harriet Tubman - African American abolitionist

* Gravesite gravestone marker erection

* Auburn, Cayuga County, New York




Page 4 of this section has a small one column heading: "Mark Ex-Slave's Grave" with subhead: "Women at Auburn Honor 'Aunt Harriet' of 'Underground Railroad'" (see) First report ... See More  

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682345

Last major train robbery in the United States...

Item #682345

November 26, 1937

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., November 26, 1937



* Last major train robbery in the U.S.

* Deming, Luna County, New Mexico

* Henry Loftus and Harry Donaldson




You might call it the official end of the "Wild West", but in any case the two column heading near the bottom of the front page announces what is considered the last major train robbery in the country: "''Brooklyn... See More  

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692101

1938 Midvale UT school bus disaster....

Item #692101

December 02, 1938

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, December 2, 1938



* Midvale UT school bus - train disaster

* Riverton & South Jordan Utah children




The top of the front page has a three column headline: "26 CHILDREN KILLED WHEN TRAIN STRIKES SCHOOL BUS IN UTAH" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the school bus disaster near Midvale, Utah. This was the worse school bus accident in U.S. histo... See More  

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594720

Rome, Italy bombardment...

Item #594720

July 19, 1943

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, July 19, 1943



* Bombing of Rome, Italy

* World War II - WWII




The front page has a nice banner headline: "ROME BOMBED FOR FIRST TIME" with subheads that include: "Main Railroad Freight Yards In Eternal City Chief Allied Objective" and more.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A few small bindin... See More  

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571403

Stockton, Georgia train collision...

Item #571403

August 06, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 6, 1944 



* Stockton, Georgia 

* Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 

* Trains collision
 



This 60+ page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column headline on page 32: "45 NEGROES KILLED IN SOUTHERN WRECK".



Tells of the Stockton, Georgia train collision that killed many Negro railroad laborers.



Other news of the day throug... See More  

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590419

Train collision in Stockton, Georgia...

Item #590419

August 06, 1944

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 6, 1944 



* Stockton, Georgia 

* Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 

* Trains collision
 



This 60+ page newspaper has a somewhat discrete one column headline on page 32: "45 NEGROES KILLED IN SOUTHERN WRECK". 1st report coverage on the Stockton, Georgia train collision that killed many Negro railroad laborers.



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629653

Railroad Strike of 1946....

Item #629653

May 18, 1946

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 18, 1946



* The great railroad strike of 1946

* President Harry Truman speaks




This 20 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page:



* STRIKE CALL STANDS AS U. S. SEIZES RAILS



with subhead.



Tiny binding holes along the spine, little rubbing and wear at central fold, otherwise good.... See More  

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681325

1946 railroad strike begins....

Item #681325

May 24, 1946

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 24, 1946



* Railroad workers strike beginning

* Strike wave of 1945-1946




The front page has a nice banner headline: "STRIKE HALTS RAILROADS, PARALYZES NATION; ODT RULES TRANSPORT; MILLIONS DISCOMMODED; NEGOTIATIONS FAIL, ADJOURNED TO THIS MORNING" with many subheads and related photo. Lengthy text.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete ... See More  

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692374

1946 Coulter, Ohio train wreck...

Item #692374

December 13, 1946

THE DETROIT NEWS, December 13, 1946



* Pennsylvania Railroad trains disaster

* Coulter - Mansfield OH Ohio (1st report)




The front page has a six column headline: "7 Killed, 40 Hurt in Train Wreck" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the Pennsylvania Railroad three train collision near Mansfield, Ohio.

Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in great condition.... See More  

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683497

1946 Mansfield, Ohio train wreck...

Item #683497

December 14, 1946

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, December 14, 1946



* Pennsylvania Railroad trains disaster

* Coulter - Mansfield, Ohio




The front page has a one column heading: "Train Crash in Ohio Is Fatal to 18" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the Pennsylvania Railroad, three train collision near Mansfield, Ohio. Related photo is on the back page.

Complete with 18 pages, light toning and a ... See More  

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654551

Horseshoe Curve (Altoona, PA) Train Wreck...

Item #654551

February 19, 1947

THE NEW YORK TIMES, from New York, dated February 19, 1947



* Historic train wreck between Altoona & Gallitzin, PA

* Horseshoe curve

* The red Arrow - one of the "Blue Ribbon Flyers"



This 52 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include:



* 25 KILLED IN WRECK ON PENN RAILROAD; 124 ARE INJURED

* Flyer From Detroit to New York Jumps Rails at Mountain
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668147

1950 Rockville Centre Station disaster...

Item #668147

February 19, 1950

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 19, 1950 



* Rockville Centre Station disaster 

* Long Island railroad 

* Trains crash
 



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "LONG ISLAND TOLL 29 DEAD, 79 HURT; MOTORMAN IS HELD" with subheads. (see) Coverage continues inside with 2 related photos. (see) Nice to have in this famous New York City newspaper.

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671133

Supreme Court rules in 3 discrimination cases...

Item #671133

June 06, 1950

NEW YORK TIMES, June 6, 1950 



* Colleges not permitted to discriminate based on race

* McLaurin vs. Oklahoma State Regents

* United States Supreme Court decision




The front page has a 3 column head: "SUPREME COURT RULINGS BAR SEGREGATION IN 2 COLLEGES, ALSO VOID BIAS IN RAIL DINERS" with subheads: "Bench Unanimous" "But It Stops Short of Saying if Separation of... See More  

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628789

Coshocton, Ohio train wreck....

Item #628789

September 11, 1950

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, September 11, 1950



* Coshocton, Ohio train wreck

* Spirit of St. Louis

* United States soldiers killed




The front page has a two column headline: "Twenty-Five Die In Ohio Train Crash" Early, same day report here.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 10 pages, tiny binding slits along the spine, nice condition.

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