Historic Newspapers: New Additions

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 27, 1936

• Ivan Pavlov death (1st report)
• Russian physiologist
• Nobel Prize winner

The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "IVAN PAVLOV DEAD; PHYSIOLOGIST, 86" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on the death of Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist known for his work is classical conditioning.
Complete with all 42 pages, light toning, minor spine wear, nice condition.

Background: Ivan Pavlov was a pioneering Russian physiologist whose most notable

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 27, 1980 (two original vintage newspaper leafs from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of eight complete pages (four double-sided sheets on two leafs) featuring a collectible double page print advertisement for upcoming live performances by "BILLY JOEL" at The Forum on one of the four pages.

In addition to the feature concert ad, which captures the era's unique promotional graphic design and typography, the surrounding pages provide a fascinating cultural

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 3, 1997

• Oklahoma City bombing
• Domestic terrorist attack
• Timothy McVeigh guilty

The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "McVeigh Guilty in Bombing; Death Penalty Trial Next in Oklahoma Tragedy" with subheads and a few related photos. (see images) More inside.
Complete with all major sections (70+ pages), great condition.

Background: The June 2, 1997, guilty verdict of Timothy McVeigh stands as a watershed moment in American legal and political history, marking

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 17, 1978

• Dick Button & others attacked by thugs
• "The Ramble" section of Central Park
• Anti-gay LGBTQ violence

The front page has a heading: "Hunting Gays in Central Park" with lead-in: "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE VICTIMS", subhead and related photo. This editorial continues on multiple inside pages with a few more related photos. (see images)
Background: The July 17, 1978, cover story in The Village Voice served as a harrowing exposé

NEW YORK TIMES, July 29, 1947

• The Sergeants affair hangings - Jews
• re. Acre Prison escapees - Jewish terrorists
• Irgun members - Anti-semitism - British troops

The top of the front page has a one column heading: "PALESTINE HANGS THREE TERRORISTS; HOSTAGES IN PERIL" with subheads. (see images) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete with all 44 pages, light toning at the margins, generally in very nice condition.

This historical

NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 14, 1865

• Spiritualism condemned by Orthodox Christians
• Post Civil War reconstruction era religion

The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "Spiritualism vs Orthodoxy" and more. (see images) 
Complete with all 8 pages, uncut and untrimmed, very nice condition.

Backgpound: An original August 14, 1865 issue of Horace Greeley’s New-York Daily Tribune featuring the page 5 article “Spiritualism vs. Orthodoxy” is a notable cultural artifact that captures a critical

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 5, 1976 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf) featuring a collectible print advertisement for a upcoming live performances by "LYNYRD SKYNYRD" with "Journey" at Long Beach Arena on one of the four pages.

In addition to the feature concert ad, which captures the era's unique promotional graphic design and typography, the surrounding pages provide a

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 29, 1985

• Richard Ramirez murders
• The "Night Stalker" serial killer
• Close to his capture - best title to be had ?

This issue has reporting on the "Night Stalker" murder case of Richard Ramirez with a front page, one column heading: "Station Wagon Ties to Stalker Found in L.A." Lengthy coverage continues on page 27 with a photo of the stolen station wagon. (see) The front page of section II has a banner headline: "Psychological Profile: Probing Killer's Mind" Ramirez would

NEW YORK POST, Dec. 18, 1943

• General George S. Patton in Europe
• Radio disinformation towards Germans

The front page has a nice headline: "PATTON TO INVADE BALKANS"  with lead-in: "Ankara Radio Says:" and reporting on page 2. (see images) 
Complete with 40 pages, tabloid size, light toning and a little wear at the margins, mainly along the spine, generally good.

Background: This headline stems from a frontline news dispatch published on December 18, 1943, citing radio broadcasts out of Ankara,

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 14, 1937

• Battle of Shanghai, China begins
• Imperial Japanese Army
• Second Sino-Japanese War

The top of the front page has a three column heading: "SHANGHAI BATTLE GOES ON AS RAIN HALTS CITY FIRES; CHINESE PLANES ATTACK HIP" with various subheads. (see images) 
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

Background: The Battle of Shanghai, initiated on August 13–14, 1937, stands as a pivotal historical milestone of extraordinary rarity and strategic consequence,

Here is a single leaf from the THIS WEEK MAGAZINE section of the San Francisco Chronicle dated Sept. 10, 1939 for the opening day showing of the film "THE RAINS CAME" at the Fox Theatre in San Francisco, California on Sept. 14th. (see images) Notice the nice, vibrant color here. 
This single sheet measures 15 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Some small binding holes and light toning along the left margin, otherwise nice. Great for display.

Note: This single leaf comes with a acid-free (gratis) folder for

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 7, 1990 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a rare piece of cinematic ephemera, highlighted by an original vintage print advertisement announcing the opening day release of  "MARKED FOR DEATH" starring Steven Seagal on one of the pages. (see images).

In addition to the featured movie ad, which captures the era's distinct theatrical

SUN-TIMES, Chicago, Oct. 11, 1982

• Saint Maximilian Kolbe canonized by Pope John Paul II
• Polish priest & martyr Auschwitz death camp execution trade

Page 7 has a photo showing Franciszek Gajownicek kissing the ring of Pope John Paul II with headings: "Pope rips Poland's leaders" and "Vatican II gets mixed reviews" (see images)
Complete with all 96 pages, tabloid size in good condition.

Background: The October 10, 1982 canonization of Saint Maximilian Kolbe by Pope John Paul II remains a

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 23, 1943

• re. The famous Doolittle raid of Japan
• U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers
• Realization of Japanese executions

The front page has a banner headline: "HIT JAPS, SENATORS DEMAND; Vengeance Raid Soon on Tokio Promised by Doolittle" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with all 48 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.

Background: On April 22, 1943, front-page headlines across the nation

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 21, 1995 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a rare piece of cinematic ephemera, highlighted by an original vintage print advertisement announcing the opening day release of  "TALES FROM THE HOOD" by Spike Lee on one of the pages. (see images).

In addition to the featured movie ad, which captures the era's distinct theatrical promotional

NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, July 13, 1822

• Denmark Vesey Slaves Rebellion
• Free black man in Charleston SC

The back page has a report of the Denmark Vesey slave revolt, noting that six slaves were executed in Charleston.
The report has a small heading: "South Carolina" and reads: "Six negro men, one of them free, and the rest slaves, were executed at Charleston on the 2nd inst. pursuant to a sentence of death passed on them three or four days before, for being engaged in an attempt to raise

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 12, 1979 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a rare piece of cinematic ephemera, highlighted by an original vintage print advertisement announcing the opening day re-release of  "STAR WARS" on one of the pages. (see images).

In addition to the featured movie ad, which captures the era's distinct theatrical promotional graphics and classic

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 1, 1977 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a rare piece of cinematic ephemera, highlighted by an original vintage print advertisement announcing the opening day release of  "NASTY HABITS" starring Glenda Jackson on one of the pages. (see images).

In addition to the featured movie ad, which captures the era's distinct theatrical promotional

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 18, 1977 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf), serving as a rare piece of cinematic ephemera, highlighted by an original vintage print advertisement announcing the opening day release of  "THE WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER" starring Gene Wilder on one of the pages. (see images).

In addition to the featured movie ad, which captures the era's distinct theatrical

DAILY WORLD, New York, June 7, 1969

• New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath
• Quits after Pete Rozelle says get rid of nightclub stake

This publication, The World, represents the official voice and ideological "mouthpiece" of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold War.
The back page has a large photo of Joe Namath with heading: "How he called it quits" (see images)
This publication was largely distributed by hand at political rallies and anti-war

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 7, 1952

• Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England disaster
• de Haviland DH. 110 jet fighter crash - John Derry

The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Jet Explodes, Killing 27 in Britain, Engine Strikes Crowd at Air Show" with subhead and photo of John Derry. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with all 114 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

Background: The 1952 Farnborough Air Show disaster stands as one of the most historically significant and

ROTO LIVING magazine section only of the Detroit Free Press ,Sept. 14, 1952

• 19 year old actress Lori Nelson
• "Bend of the River" film debut

The front page of this section has a nice color photo of the young actress Lori Nelson.
Complete Roto Living section with 28 pages, tabloid size, a little top margin wear, generally in very nice condition.

Background: This issue of the Detroit Free Press Roto Magazine stands out as an exceptionally rare piece of mid-century pop-culture ephemera, primarily due

THE BOOK REVIEW section of the Los Angeles Times, Sept. 14, 1980

• Ted Bundy - notorious American killer

The top of page 6 has a banner heading: "Trying to make sense of a mannerly mass-murderer" with photo of Bundy in custody. These are book reviews by Andy Weinberger on two books relating to the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. (see images) 
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete Book Review section only with 16 pages,

HARPER'S WEEKLY (single print), New York, April 26, 1873  This authentic, stand-alone, full-page woodcut engraving features Winslow Homer's powerful illustration, "The Wreck of the 'Atlantic'—Cast Up by the Sea," from an original April 26, 1873 issue of Harper's Weekly.

The significance of this print lies in its visceral depiction of one of the worst maritime disasters of the nineteenth century. On April 1, 1873, the ocean liner RMS Atlantic struck a submerged rock off the coast of Nova

THE SPORTING NEWS, St. Louis, Missouri, June 19, 1989  The front page photo of this issue shows "150 Years of Baseball - A fond, reflective look at the game that grew into a national pastime."
Additional content within this issue relates to Baseball Hall of Famers including: Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Walter Johnson, Lou Gehrig, and much more. Yet another article tells of the development and progression of Little League Baseball, and its roots in Williamsport, PA.
Certainly the premier

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3, 1969

• Charles Manson murders - Sharon Tate
• Tex Watson - Spahn Ranch

On the front page of section 2 (page 29) has a two column heading: "3 Suspects in Tate Case Tied to Guru and 'Family'," with related photos. Early reporting on the arrests regarding the infamous Hollywood area murders led by Charles Mansion.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day are found throughout. 
Complete in 96 pages, minor margin wear, a small archival mend on page 2 near the

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Dec. 13 & 30, 1939 (2-issue set)  This pair of late December 1939 issues highlights the national frenzy surrounding the release of Gone With the Wind. Page 19 of the December 13 issue features a prominent photo of Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara leading up to the film's premiere. In the December 30 issue, page 5 of Section 3 includes an article focusing on Clark Gable's iconic portrayal of Rhett Butler, illustrated with a photo of Gable and Leigh embracing in a scene

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 14, 1939  Page 3 features a notable science report under the column heading: "EINSTEIN SOLVES ONE OF SCIENCE'S GREAT PUZZLES", which is timed with the eve of his 60th birthday. The article details famed physicist Albert Einstein announcing his work on a Unified Field Theory—a single mathematical concept aiming to unite gravitation, magnetism, and matter into one overarching law governing the material universe.

The historical significance of this issue centers on

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 17, 2005 (Front and California sections)

• Fiftieth Disneyland birthday celebration.
• Celebrating Walt Disney

Section B has frontpage and B5-B6 day of coverage of Disneyland's 5oth birthday celebration including: "A Park With a Powerful Spell", "One Park Led to a Whole New World" and "Putting Mouse Ears on America".  Additionally, there is a timeline of "50 years at Disneyland".  This Los Angeles Times give premium day of coverage in the title which is local to

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 6, 1928  The ftpg. has a nice photo captioned "Amelia M. Earhart and Wilmer Stultz" and headed: "Gale Prevents Girl's Start on Sea Flight", with a related article.
After weather & other complications Earhart would fly the Atlantic on June 17 becoming the first woman to do so.
Complete in 30 pages, very nice condition for the era. Would be great for framing.

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE TIMES, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1939  The sports page has a significant report in the world of baseball history with one column heads noting: "Gehrig Says He Will Fight Off Paralysis" "Lou Afflicted With Hardening of Tissues and Muscles in the Spinal Region" "Slowed His Reflexes".
The text includes: "...He has gradually resigned himself to the realization that his baseball career has ended...'Going to the Mayo Clinic was the best move I ever made..." with much more, including

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 13, 1932

• New York Yankees opening day game
• Babe Ruth's famous HR swing photo
• MLB - Major League Baseball

The sport's section (page 13) has a banner headline: "Ruth and Byrd Hit Two Homers Apiece as Yanks Defeat Athletics in Opener" with subheads, box scores and 2 related photos, one showing Babe Ruth's famous swing of the bat. This was the opening day game for the 1932 baseball season.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.
Forty pages, a few cutouts throughout

THE ANTIGALLICAN MONITOR & ANTI-CORSICAN CHRONICLE, London, Oct. 20, 1811  Published by Lewis Goldsmith, of Portuguese-Jewish extraction. Previous to publishing this newspaper he spent much time in France acting as a "secret agent" to Napoleon, including efforts to kidnap King Louis XVIII. Goldsmith escaped to England in 1809 & by 1811 he founded this newspaper (subsequently known as the British Monitor, which advocated tyrannicide) through which he denounced the French Revolution.
The front

THE NATIONAL ERA, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1853  This newspaper is forever linked to the best-selling novel of the 19th century: "Uncle Tom's Cabin", for the book was originally released as a 40 week serial in this anti-slavery newspaper beginning in June, 1851. It was the newspaper's publisher who encouraged Stowe to produce the work in book form, and it is common consensus that the book had much to do with popularizing sentiment which lead to the Civil War.
So it is not surprising that page 3

LOS ANGLES TIMES, May 27, 1987

• Larry Bird's "The Steal" - Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons
• NBA Eastern Conference Playoff Finals

The top of the front page of the sport's section has a heading: "Bird's Soaring Theft, Assist Stagger the Pistons, 108-107" with photo. (see images)
Complete with all sections (80 pages), great condition.

background: Larry Bird’s legendary steal occurred in Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons on May 19, 1987.

KA ELELE (The Messenger). Honolulu, Oahu, Sept. 24, 1846. Buke 2 (Vol. 2), Pepa (no.) 12.   This is an exceptionally scarce original Hawaiian-language newspaper published during the constitutional era of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Edited under the direction of Rev. Richard Armstrong, Ka Elele ranks among the earliest and most important newspapers printed for Native Hawaiian readers. Appearing at a time when Hawaii possessed one of the world's highest literacy rates, the newspaper served as a

THE ST. JAMES'S CHRONICLE, London, Sept. 21, 1782  The front page has: "Mr. Fox is said to have given the terms upon which he will resume his place in the Cabinet--Two of them are to declare American independent & to withdraw all our forces from every part of the continent. Lord Camden & Lord Thurlow both coincide with this idea...".

And further on: "...an article from Phila...Capt. Lippencot, who caused the execution of Capt. Huddy, had been sent on the 4th of June from the British lines...to

DEADWOOD DAILY PIONEER, Black Hills, (South Dakota) May 23, 1889  A rare publication from this famous, "old west" town. This city would arguably be--along with Tombstone & Dodge City--one of the more famous of all the towns from the rough & tumble days of the Old West, and only rarely do such issues come to light. It attracted larger-than-life Old West figures including Wyatt Earp, Calamity Jane, and Wild Bill Hickok (who was killed there). "Union List of Newspapers" notes only two

THE NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 6, 1865

• President Andrew Johnson's State of the Union Address
• Expresses deep God-directed gratitude
• Much mention of the loss of Abraham Lincoln

The top of the first column of the front page has a heading: "MESSAGE of the President Of The United States To The Two Houses Of Congress...." Text of the address takes up 5 columns, all on the front page and is signed in type: Andrew Johnson. It includes in part:

"To express gratitude to God in the name of the people for the

NEW YORK HERALD,  Sept. 6, 1863

• Tennessee Map - Kingston
• Charleston, South Carolina

The front page is dominated by a large Civil War map headed: "ALL TENNESSEE REDEEMED. The Capture of Kingston--Chattanooga & Knoxville Outflanked...".
Various column heads on the Civil War as well including: "Charleston" "The Rebels Have Fifteen-Inch Guns" "General Foster's Department"  "Gallant & Successful Charges Upon the Enemy" and more.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Sept. 8, 1975

• Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance

• American Labor Union leader - Teamsters
• 1/2-page KISS concert ad - and another small mention

The front page teases the lengthy article within: "The Billion-Dollar Reason for Hoffa's Disappearance" with a photo of Jimmy Hoffa as well.

Pages 6 and 7 are entirely taken up with the article, a detailed account concerning the missing labor union leader. Page 141 has a 1/2-page advertisement for their upcoming performance/concert

HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, April, 1880  An article titled: "La Villa Real de Santa Fe" has many illustrations of the Santa Fe, New Mexico, vicinity.
Other articles include: "Some Pennsylvania Nooks" with prints of Wayne's Homestead, the Chester Valley & Valley Forge; "An Irish Fishing Village"; "The Swiss Rhine" with many prints of Swiss localities, and much more.
Complete in 160 pages, disbound without the outer wrappers, 6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches, very nice condition.

HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, Dec., 1885  Published as a special, elevated Christmas issue, this issue features the true original first printing of The Garroters: A Farce by William Dean Howells, along with a serialized installment of his acclaimed novel Indian Summer. Also included is an installment of Constance Fenimore Woolson’s post-Civil War Southern novel East Angels, alongside an extensive, art-historical monograph on the tragic French watercolorist Léon Bonvin written by renowned art

THE WEEKLY RECORDER, Chillicothe, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1815  Page 7 has a report from Saint Louis: "The Treaty with 3 reports mostly concerning the Indians, one item noting: "...from Gen. Jackson bringing...a letter to Gov. Clark advising him that he only awaits the signal to order a competent force from Tennessee and Kentucky to quiet our frontier...".
The back page has a report headed: "Shocking Massacre". The report describes the 1811 destruction of the American fur-trading ship Tonquin, owned by

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1947

• Robot rocket plane
• Speed of sound tested?

Page three has a small but notable heading: "British Robot Test Fails", with subheading: "Rocket-Driven Plane Found to Travel Below Speed of Sound", and more. This describes one of the tests of the Miles M.52 project - a top‑secret, turbojet‑powered aircraft developed by the UK’s Ministry of Aviation with Miles Aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight.
Other news of the day with period advertising is found

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Dec. 2, 1868. The front page features "Reynolds' Steam Condensing and Water Elevating Engine". Inside the issue are: "Selfridge's Patent Washing Machine"; "Gear's Variety Planing and Molding Machine"; "Hattan's Patent Fireplace"; "Dimock's Thermo-Annuciator"; and additional illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete in sixteen pages and in nice condition.

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 3, 1862  The most noteworthy article is found on page 4 headed: "Free Colored Emigrants" which is a letter from free Washington, D.C. blacks to President Abraham Lincoln in which they plead that he follow-through on his promise to provide, upon his own recommendation made in August, a new homeland in South America.
The letter includes in part: "Many of us, acting upon your promise to send us so soon as one hundred families were ready, having sold our furniture, have

THE PENNSYLVANIA LEDGER, Philadelphia, August 10, 1776

• Great year to have (1776)
• re. Declaration of Independence
• American Revolutionary War

This was a decidedly Tory newspaper, supportive of the British efforts in America. This newspaper ended publication in June, 1778 when the British evacuated the city. This issue was printed less than a month after it printed the Declaration of Independence (July 13 issue).
The front page includes an ad for the reprinting of a pamphlet titled: "American

NEW YORK TIMES, June 27, 1861  Page 4 has a great article: "Abraham Lincoln, LL.D." which begins: "The Trustees of Columbia College, at their Annual Commencement...most happily struck the chord of public feeling, by conferring on Abraham Lincoln the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws...", an interesting fact unknown to many.
Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "THE GREAT REVOLT" "Conflicts With the Rebels" "The United States Forces Victorious" "General Scott's Plans for

NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 3, 1863  Page 2 has most of a column taken up with: "Affairs In Utah - Fatal Adventures with Grizzly Bears--The Peach Crop--Arrival of Saints--Miscellaneous News" with a dateline from "Salt Lake City".
The report begins with much detail concerning encounters with grizzly bears. Further on is: "...Capts. Patterson's, Sanders' and Preston's companies of Mormon immigrants have arrived...The immigrants report that the detachment of C. V.'s at Ham's Fork overhaul the trains,