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The ubiquitous Jefferson nickel is created...
Item #652512
April 22, 1938
NEW YORK TIMES, April 22, 1938
* Jefferson nickel design is created
The common nickel, found in every day change, was altered dramatically in 1938 when the previous "Indian head" or "buffalo nickel" was replaced by the Jefferson nickel. In a design contest, Felix Schlag's entry won over 389 other entries.
But note that the reverse, showing Monticello, is not th... See More
Johnny Allen sweatshirt sleeve incident...
Item #567833
June 8, 1938
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 8, 1938
* Johnny Allen - Cleveland Indians pitcher
* Red sweatshirt sleeve incident
This 48 page newspaper has two column headlines on page 30: "Indians Vanquish Red Sox, 7-5, Tallying Twice in Ninth Inning" "Hits by Lary, Hale, Averill Decide Issue---Allen Refuses to Change Tattered Shirt and Draws $250 Fine" with ... See More
Custer Creek train wreck...
Item #572118
June 20, 1938
THE DETROIT NEWS, Michigan, June 20, 1938
* Custer Creek, Montana train wreck
* Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul crack train "Olympian"
* Miles City, Montana
This 28 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "Creek Defies Hunt for Wreck Dead" with subheads and large photo of the disaster area (see photos). Also list of the dead and injured. Large p... See More
Custer Creek train wreck...
Item #584758
June 20, 1938
THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, June 20, 1938
* Custer Creek, Montana train wreck
* Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul crack train "Olympian"
* Miles City, Montana
This 12 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "TRAIN INTO CREEK; 29 DEAD" with subheads (see images). 1st report coverage on the wreck of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul crac... See More
Custer Creek train wreck in 1938...
Item #656981
June 20, 1938
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 20, 1938
* Custer Creek train wreck
* Olympian passenger train
* Saugus, Montana - Prairie co.
The front page has a great banner headline: "34 DEAD IN OLYMPIAN WRECK" with subheads and list of the dead. (see) Nice for display. Two large photos take up the entire back page. (see) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famou... See More
Henry Armstrong makes boxing history....
Item #563777
August 18, 1938
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, August 18, 1938
* Henry Armstrong - pro boxer
* Wins 3rd concurrent title
* From the city where it happened
This 42 page newspaper has a banner headline on page 24: "20,000 See Armstrong Annex Lightweight Title by Beating Ambers in Garden" with subheads that include: "ARMSTRONG TAKES VERDICT ON POINTS" "Victory Over Ambers, 2 Votes... See More
1939 Sayajirao Gaekwad III death... India...
Item #653674
February 7, 1939
THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 7, 1939
* Sayajirao Gaekwad III death
* Maharaja of Baroda State - India
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BARODA GAEKWAR, INDIAN RULER, DIES" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, leader of Baroda State in India.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complet... See More
Gandhi during fasting...
Item #614842
March 6, 1939
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, March 6, 1939
* Mahatma Gandhi
* "Fast Unto Death"
* Rajkot, India
The front page has one column headings: "FASTING GANDHI SENDS WIFE BACK TO INDIAN PRISON" "Weakens Rapidly as He Aims New Act of Defiance at Ruler"
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 30 pages, minor spin... See More
Henry O. Flipper death...
Item #590509
May 5, 1940
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 5, 1940
* Henry Ossian Flipper death
* Former slave
* 1st black West Point graduate
This 70+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headlines on page 52: "EX-SLAVE, GRADUATE OF WEST POINT, DIES"
"Henry O. Flipper, 84, Was First Negro at the Academy". 1st report coverage on the death of the first African American to graduate from West Po... See More
Rabindranath Tagore death... Bengali...
Item #631981
August 8, 1941
THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 8, 1941
* Rabindranath Tagore death
* Bengali polymath
Page 15 has one column headlines that include: "TAGORE DIES AT 80; NOTED INDIAN POET"
"Sir Rabindranath, Playwright and Philosopher, Received Nobel Prize in 1913" "Knighted By George V" and more with photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Begali polymath, Rabindranat... See More
Fort Capuzzo, Libya captured...
Item #584453
November 23, 1941
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, November 23, 1941
* Fort Capuzzo captured
* Operation Crusader
* World War II - WWII
This 40+ page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "British Sweep On in Libya; Full Nazi Fury Batters Reds" with subhead: "Claim Capture of Ft. Capuzzo and Mastery of Air; Hit from Tobruk". This is a 1st report coverage on ... See More
Madagascar falls...
Item #551781
May 5, 1942
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, May 5, 1942
* Madagascar Africa falls
* World War II original
This 18 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "BRITISH OCCUPY MADAGASCAR, FOIL JAPS" with subheads that include: "Send Naval and Military Force to Big Vichy French Island in Indian Ocean" and more.
Other news of the day with much on World... See More
Coconut Grove Club fire...
Item #590859
November 29, 1942
THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, November 29, 1942
* Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire (early 1st report)
* Worst nightclub disaster in U.S. history
* 492 would be the total dead
This 30 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Boston Fire Kills 260" with subhead: "Night Club Blaze Toll May Reach 400; Many Injured". This is an early 1st report... See More
Coconut Grove Club fire... Boston...
Item #597244
November 29, 1942
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 29, 1942
* Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire (early 1st report)
* Worst nightclub disaster in U.S. history
* 492 would be the total dead
The front page has a small one column heading: "Boston Fights 5-Alarm Fire; Many Trapped". This is actually a very early 1st report coverage on the Cocoanut Grove nightclub di... See More
Mahatma Gandhi starts hunger strike...
Item #618757
February 11, 1943
THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, February 11, 1943
* Mahatma Gandhi starts fast
* Indian independence movement
* World War II era original
The front page has one column headings: "Gandhi Starts 21-Day Fast on Citrus Juice" "Viceroy Condemns New Hunger Strike" with small photo. (see)
Other news of the day with much on World War II. Complete in 28 pages, a little margin wea... See More
Navajo Code Talkers in 1945...
Item #622440
September 19, 1945
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 19, 1945
* Navajo Code Talkers (Windtalkers)
* United States Marines
* World War II era
Page 9 has one column headings: "NAVAJO CODE TALK KEPT FOE GUESSING" "Indians With Marines, Using Rare Native Tongue, Insured Secrecy of Messages" Rare coverage on the use of this secret code in the Pacific Theater during world Wa... See More
1946 Royal Indian Navy mutiny...
Item #658867
February 24, 1946
CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Feb. 24, 1946
* Royal Indian Navy mutiny
* Bombay, India - Mahatma Gandhi
The front page has a great banner headline: "DEATH TOLL GROWS IN INDIA" with subheads. Nice for display. Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete 1st section only with 26 pages, light toning at the margins, small library stamp ... See More
Partition of India in 1947...
Item #663579
August 15, 1947
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 15, 1947
* Partition of India (1st report)
The front page has a one column heading: "MOUNTBATTEN NEW GOVERNOR OF HINDU INDIA" with subhead. (see) More on page 2. Related photo on the back page. First report coverage on the partition of the British Indian Empire into the Dominion of Pakistan and the Union of India. Nice to have in this World famou... See More
Partition of India in 1947...
Item #594828
August 18, 1947
THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, August 18, 1947
* Partition of Palestine
* Judaica - Jewish
This 20 page newspaper has one column headings: "India, Pakistan Officials Confer, Fear New Strife", "Religious Disorder Expected Result Of Boundary Awards".
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A little margin wear and tear, ot... See More
India and Pakistan win independence...
Item #649025
August 18, 1947
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, August 18, 1947
* India and Pakistan independence
The front page has a one column heading: "Indian Leaders Move To Quell Punjab Strife" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 12 pages, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice.... See More
Mahatma Gandhi asssassintion Pyre....
Item #623815
February 2, 1948
THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 2, 1948
* Mahatma Gandhi death & funeral (pyre photo)
* Palestine Post building bombing
The front page has a two column heading: "Plot to Kill Indian Leaders, Including Nehru, Is Charged" Coverage continues on page 3 with large photo of Gandhi's Pyre. (see)
Also on the front page is a one column heading: "ARABS BLAST PLANT OF PALESTINE PO... See More
Swift and Company packing plant explosion...
Item #569742
December 15, 1949
THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, December 15, 1949
* Swift and Company packing plant explosion
* Sioux City, Iowa
This 72 page newspaper has a two column headline near the bottom of the front page: "16 Killed, 91 Hurt as Blast Wrecks Swift Packing Plant in Sioux City"
Report continues on page 70 with a photo outside of the plant. (see)
Other news of the day... See More
Additional war collections...
Item #180155
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Northern-most newspaper we have offered...
Item #657870
December 11, 1950
THE MUKLUK TELEGRAPH, Kotzebue, Alaska, Dec. 11, 1950 This newspaper--from a town which is primarily Native American (Eskimo)--is now the northern-most newspaper we have offered, further north than Rampart, Alaska, from which we have offered a few newspapers.
It lies above the Arctic Circle, and the tagline under the title is: "The Arctic's Greatest Newspaper". This is the vol... See More
USS Bennington explosion disaster in 1954...
Item #574041
May 26, 1954
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, May 26, 1954
* USS Bennington aircraft carrier
* Explosion disaster
This 30 page newspaper has a nice two line banner headline on the front page: "100 Seamen Die, 220 Injured In Fire Aboard Aircraft Carrier Bennington" with subhead. (see)
Tells of the explosion disaster on board the USS Bennington in Narragansett Bay.
Other n... See More
Operation Redwing... Atomic bomb test...
Item #660965
May 21, 1956
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. May 21, 1956
* Operation Redwing - Cherokee nuclear weapon
* 1st U.S. air delivered thermonuclear device
* Bikini Atoll - Marshall Islands
The front page has a nice banner headline: "U. S. PLANE DROPS FIRST H-BOMB" with subheads. (see) Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 18 pages, light toning at the... See More
Remington Arms Company marks 150th Anniversary...
Item #614971
June 11, 1966
THE EVENING TELEGRAM, Herkimer-Ilion, New York, June 11, 1966 This is a Souvenir Edition for the Remington 150th Anniversary. The banner headline reads "Remington Arms Co. Marks 150 Years of Growth" and includes a large photo of the plant. There are numerous articles throughout this issue on the pioneers and the company itself as well as articles pertaining to Mark Twain and Genera... See More
USS Pueblo captured by North Korea...
Item #564192
January 23, 1968
THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, January 23, 1968
* USS Pueblo incident (1st report)
* Early report on same day
* North Korea
This 6 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "North Koreans Seize U.S. Intelligence Ship". This is an early 1st report on the infamous USS Pueblo incident.
Other news of the day. A few small binding holes along the spine, otherwise... See More
The Pueblo Incident with North Korea...
Item #631022
January 24, 1968
DAILY BREEZE, Torrance, California, January 24, 1968
* USS Pueblo incident (1st report)
* Apollo 5 - 1st Lunar Module flight
The front page features reporting of the Pueblo Incident with banner headline: "Red Koreans Board, Capture U.S. Ship" with subhead and map. (see) See the hyperlink for details on this sensitive event from the Cold War. Nice for display.
Also a b... See More
USS Pueblo captured by North Korea...
Item #562424
January 25, 1968
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, January 25, 1968
* USS Pueblo incident
* North Korea
This 58 page newspaper has four column headline on the front page: "Moscow Won't Help To Release Pueblo".
Reporting on the infamous USS Pueblo incident.
Other news of the day throughout. Minor spine wear, otherwise in nice condition.
wikipedia notes: USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banne... See More
Item #160264
December 23, 1968
EVENING TELEGRAM, Dec. 23, 1968 Two line, three column head: 'Pueblo Crew Comes Home' on the 82 U.S. Pueblo crewmen being set free from North Korea after 11 months in captivity. Minor mend.
After a little more than 100 years...
The Sioux Indians are compensated for lands...
Item #637468
June 14, 1979
THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Pratt, Kansas, June 14, 1979
* The Sioux are awarded $17.5 million for stolen lands
* General George Custer... the Black Hills of South Dakota
The front page has a 5-column heading near the bottom of the page: "Sioux to be paid $17.5 million for lands", with coverage which begins: "A century ago, Gen. George Custer paid with his life for the government'... See More
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