Historic Newspapers: Transportation - Railroad-Flight-Automobile
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Item #726367THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1931
* Early Jim Londos "The Golden Greek"
* Early professional wrestling match
* vs. Matros Kirilenko in Richmond VA
Page 37 has a discrete and brief report with tiny heading: "Londos Wins Richmond Bout" (see image)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it... Read full description -
Item #726199THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1931
* Early Jim Londos "The Golden Greek"
* Early professional wrestling match
* vs. Rudy Dusek at the Boston Garden
The bottom of page 13 has a discrete and brief report with tiny heading: "Londos Wins Boston Mat Bout" (see image)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no... Read full description -
Item #726198THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, Feb. 24, 1931
* Early Jim Londos "The Golden Greek"
* Early professional wrestling match
* vs. Jim McMillen at Madison Square Garden
The bottom of page 30 has a somewhat discrete and brief report with small heading: "Capacity Crowd Sees Londos Pin Wrestling Foe" (see image)
I suspect this to... Read full description -
Item #726035THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1929
* Dornier Do X flying boat - airplane
* First flight over Lake Constance (success)
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "Dornier Flying Boat Succeeds In Test" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with all 32 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #726033THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. June 12, 1933
* Airplane "Northern Light" crash disaster
* "Century of Progress" World's Fair tragedy
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "WORLD FAIR AIRPLANE CRASHES, KILLING 9; ALL BODIES BURNED" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description -
Item #725830LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 24, 1986
* Rutan Model 76 Voyager makes history
* First to fly around the World w/out refueling
* Piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "'Grand Adventure' Ends in Triumph for Voyager Pilots" with subheads and 2 related photos. Much more on the following... Read full description -
Item #725815THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 24, 1946
* Railroad workers strike beginning
* Strike wave of 1945-1946
The front page has a nice banner headline: "STRIKE CRIPPLES NATION'S RAILROADS AS TWO UNIONS REJECT TRUMAN PLAN" with many subheads and related photo pictorial. (see images)
Complete with 28 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
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Item #725747THE DETROIT FREED PRESS, May 29, 1931
* Aviation endurance flight record achieved
* Pilots Walter E. Lees and Frederic Brossy
* Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker airplane (84 hours)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DETROIT FLIERS LAND WITH 84-HOUR RECORD" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Great to have from the city... Read full description -
Item #725735THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. April 14, 1966
* Airplane travel enters a new era
* Pan Am & the Jumbo Jet is born
* The Boeing 747 aircraft is introduced
The top of page 12 has a one column heading: "Airline Orders Plane That Will Seat 490" with subhead and related photo. (see images)
Complete with all 76 pages, a... Read full description -
Item #725498THE DETROIT NEWS, April 17, 1936
* Nutley, New Jersey train robbery
* Erie Railroad train No. 120 holdup
The front page has a banner headline: "7 Robbers Plunder Train of $58,000" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 60 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
background: The April 17, 1936, train robbery in Nutley, New Jersey,... Read full description -
Item #725496THE DETROIT NEWS, April 3, 1926
* Captain Hubert Wilkins & Carl Ben Eielson
* 1st flight from Alaska to the Arctic Coast
* Airplane flight from Fairbanks to Point Barrow
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "WILKINS SETS A NEW RECORD" with subheads and two photos. (see images)
Complete with 18... Read full description -
Item #725460THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. March 7, 1966
* Battle of Lo Ke - Operation Cocoa Beach
* Lai Khê, Bình Dương Province, South Vietnam
The top of the front page, above the masthead has a banner heading: "5000 Allied Troops Battle No. Viet Force" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, light toning at the margin, nice... Read full description -
Item #725284CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 4, 1926
* Aerial bombardment of Peking
* Warlord era in China - Zhang Zuolin
* Anti-Fengtian War
The front page has a banner headline: "BOMB PEKING; PERIL ENVOYS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete 1st section only with all 16 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #725244SUN-TIMES, Chicago, April 26, 1980
* Operation Eagle Claw
* Iran Hostage Crisis
* U.S. rescue attempt fails
The front page has a headline that reads: "Won't give up efforts on hostages--Carter" and more with two related photos. Much more on the following pages, loads of text.
Complete in 84 pages, tabloid size, nice... Read full description -
Item #725243LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 3, 1986
* TWA Flight 840 to Athens, Greece
* Plastic explosives bombing disaster
* Abu Nidal Organization - terrorists
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "Bomb Blast Kills 4 on TWA Flight" with subheads and related photo. (see... Read full description -
Item #725132THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 8, 1951
* Southwest Airways Flight 7 disaster
* Douglas DC-3 airliner - airplane crash
* Refugio Pass - Santa Ynez Mountains
The front page hs a six column headline: "Airliner Crashes into Peak; State GI IS Among 22 Killed" with subhead. Related photo on page 8. (see images)
Complete with 50+ pages, light... Read full description -
Item #725099CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Oct. 20, 1929
* Illegal Aliens mass deportation
* Mexican Repatriation era in America
* Chicago gangland - gangsters era
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DEPORT 250 IN ARMED TRAIN" with subhead. (see images) Two related photos on page 5.
Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #725092USA TODAY, Dec. 24-25, 1984
* New York City Subway shooting
* Bernhard Goetz vigilante shootings
* 4 African American - black teenagers
* Self-defense or racism arguments ?
Page 3 has a one column heading:"NYC subway adds police after shootings" (see images) Not known at the time, Goetz would turn himself in nine... Read full description -
Item #724991THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 26, 1928
* Aviatrix Amelia Earhart
* NYC sightseeing airplane flight
* Christmas Day w/ mother
The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Miss Earhart Gives Mother Ride in 'Rubberneck' Plane" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning and a... Read full description -
Item #724920THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 13, 1950
* Llandow air disaster w/ photos
* Avro Tudor V aircraft - airplane
* World's deadliest aviation accident at the time
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "80 KILLED IN WORLD'S WORST AIR CRASH AS PLANE DIVES NEAR A WALES AIRPORT; ONLY 3 ON FOOTBALL FANS' TRIP... Read full description -
Item #724842CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE (Picture Section), March 11, 1934 The front page is completely taken up with a color illustration of St. Patrick. It is a print of the painting, which at the time was hanging in Saint Patrick's Church in Chicago, and which had survived the 1871 Chicago Fire.
Other prints within this section include... Read full description -
Item #724706THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 16, 1928
* Wright Brothers - Orville & Wilbur
* Kitty Hawk, North Carolina airplane flight
* 25th anniversary celebrations across the World
Page 20 has three related reports regarding the 25th anniversary of the Wright Brothers first flight with one column heading. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with... Read full description -
Item #724630THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 6, 1964
* Pope Paul VI makes historic visit to Israel
* Hole See "spiritual journey" - Mandelbaum Gate
The front page has a nice banner headline: "POPE WELCOMED BY ISRAEL" with lead-in: "Stresses Friendly Catholic-Jewish Ties", subhead and related photo. (see images) More inside and... Read full description -
Item #724619SECTION 10 only of the New York Times, Sept. 15, 1929
* Dornier Do R4 Superwal flying boat - airplane testing
Page 16 of this section has a three column heading: "LARGEST FLYING BOAT IN AMERICA IS TESTED" with subhead and photo. (see images) Other aviation related articles as well.
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Item #724615CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE: April 23, 1933
* Sir Henry Royce death
* Rolls-Royce Limited founder
* British Luxury motor cars
Page 20 has a one column heading: "Sir Henry Royce Dies; Co-Founder Of Rolls-Royce" (see images)
Complete with 46 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding... Read full description -
Item #724614THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., June 25, 1935
* Carlos Gardel airplane crash death
* Argentine singer, songwriter & actor
* Tango legend
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "17 Killed as Two Planes Crash in South America" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 18 pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description -
Item #724437NEW YORK TIMES, July 12, 1928 Page 9 has a one column headings: "MISS EARHART TIRES OF BEING 'SIDESHOW'" "She Expresses Regret Over Radio Here That Her Companion Are Kept in Background" and more, reporting on Amelia Earhart being relentlessly pursued by the media after her famous... Read full description -
Item #724428THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 17, 1928
* Wilbur & Orville Wright Brothers
* First airplane flight success
* Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
* 25th anniversary celebration
The top of page 20 has a one column heading: "WRIGHT PILGRIMS VISIT LANGLEY FIELD" with subheads. Also on the same page is another one column heading: "German... Read full description -
Item #724345THE NW YORK TIMES, June 8, 1938
* Boeing 314 Ocean Clipper makes debut
* Pan American Airways flying boat
* First maiden flight of the seaplane
The top of page 24 has a one column heading: "NEW OCEAN CLIPPER IN FIRST TRIAL HOP" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 48 pages, rag edition in great condition.
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Item #724340THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 3, 1928
* Wright Brothers National Memorial
* Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
* Granite boulder - cornerstone erected
The top of page 4 has a two column heading: "Kitty Hawk Honors First Plane Flight In Monument to the Wright Brothers" (see images)
Complete with 56 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #724140SECTION 3 ONLY of the New York Times, December 16, 1928
* Wright Brothers - Orville & Wilbur
* Kitty Hawk, North Carolina airplane flight
* 25th anniversary - editorial on the early history of aviation
Page 4 of this section 3 only has a an editorial with one column heading: "Twenty-Five Years Of Flying" (see images)
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Item #724135THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 19, 1927
* Aviator Richard E. Byrd
* Transatlantic airplane flight
* New York City welcome home
The top of the front page has a nice banner headline: "NEW YORK WELCOMES BYRD, HIS CREW AND CHAMBERLAIN; BRAVES RAIN TO CHEER TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT HEROES; THEIR PROGRESS UP BROADWAY TO CITY HALL A TRIUMPH" with many... Read full description -
Item #724080THE RALEIGH TIMES, N.C. June 22, 1970
* Crescent City, Iroquois Co. Illinois disaster
* Train derailment wreck & fireball explosions
Near the bottom of the front page is a six column heading: "Illinois Town Engulfed in Holocaust" with photo. (see images)
Complete with 32 pages, a few binding holes, nice... Read full description -
Item #724052ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, January 23, 1935.
* Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial
* Bruno Hauptmann & the ladder traced to him ?
The very top of the front page has a nice banner headline for display: "LADDER WOOD TRACED TO BRUNO'S HOME" with subheads. (see images) More on page 10.
Complete with 24... Read full description -
Item #724010THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Aug. 22, 1963
* Martin Luther King Jr. - civil rights movement
* March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
* Community notice for bus & train trips to the event
* MLK "I Have a Dream" speech fame
Page 7 has a full page notice headed: "Rally for Civil Rights" and more. This was a community effort to get New... Read full description -
Item #724007THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 8, 1941
* Mineo Osumi killed in airplane crash
* Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* During Second Sino-Japanese War
* Minister of the Navy of Japan
Page 4 has a two column heading: "Japanese Plane Crash Kills Admiral Osumi And Six Other Naval Officers in South China" (see images)
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Item #723784THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, June 13, 1927
* Great Charles Lindbergh welcome home
* Ticker tape parade in New York City
The front page has a three column headline: "COL. LINDBERGH, CENTER OF GREAT TRIUMPHANT RECEPTION IN NEW YORK" with subheads (see photos).
This issue contains other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description -
Item #723781THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, April 25, 1903
* William Kissam Vanderbilt
* Anne Harriman Rutherford
* Wedding - Weds - Marries
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "VANDERBILT WEDS WEDS MRS. RUTHERFORD" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to... Read full description -
Item #723752THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 11, 1934
* United States Navy flying boats
* Airplanes flight record to Hawaii
* San Francisco to Pearl Harbor
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "Six Navy Planes Racing to Honolulu on Longest Mass Flight in History" with subheads and related map. (see images)
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Item #723659THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 13, 1898
* Battle of Virden - Riot - Massacre - labor conflict
* Macoupin County, Illinois coal mining - miners
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TROUBLE NOT OVER" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very... Read full description -
Item #723538THE DETROIT NEWS, April 7, 1937
* Chrysler Automotive industry strike ending w/ pact
* First of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers
* United Auto Workers (UAW) in Detroit, Michigan
* Best publication to be had ? - very rare as such
The front page has a nice banner headline: "Chrysler Pact Calls 65,000 to... Read full description -
Item #723408LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Sept. 4, 1929
* Airplane crash disaster (lost)
* "The City of San Francisco"
* Mount Taylor Stratovolcano
* Near Grants, New Mexico
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "TRANSCONTINENTAL PLANE LOST IN STORM IN SOUTHWEST" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #723405THE SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass., Sept. 15, 1929
* Ella Mae Wiggins killed (1st report)
* Loray Mill Strike - Gastonia, North Carolina
* Labor history of the United States
* Female aviator Amelia Earhart photo
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "MOTHER IS SLAIN BY MOB FOLLOWING TEXTILE WORKERS" with... Read full description -
Item #723386THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 17, 1928
* Ticker tape parade up Broadway for fliers
* D-LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin German airship
* 1st Intercontinental flight ends in success
* Atlantic Ocean to Lakehurst, New Jersey
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "CITY HAILS ZEPPELIN FLIERS IN PARADE UP BROADWAY; NAVY... Read full description -
Item #723221THE DETROIT NEWS, Dec. 7, 1933
* 1934 Ford Model 40 is introduced w/ photo
* Henry & Edsel Ford Motor Company
* Depression era Flathead V-8 - 85 horsepower
Page 4 has a four column photo showing Henry & Edsel Ford inspecting their new Ford release for 1934 with text. Also a one column heading: "FORD '34 CARS GO... Read full description -
Item #723147BETHLEHEM DAILY TIMES, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1875
* Molly Maguires
* Miners - railroad6
* Gov. John F. Hartranft
* Pennsylvania
Page 3 has an article with small heading: "Shot by the 'Molly Maguires'"
And a related article on page 3 with small heading: "Troubles in the Coal Regions" (see images) Nice to have in a Pennsylvania... Read full description -
Item #723020MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Dec. 18, 1953
* Bobby Greenlease kidnapping - executions
* Carl Austin Hall & Bonnie Emily Brown Heady
The top of the front page is a four column headline: "Greenlease Killers Die in Gas Chamber, Silent to the End" with subhead and photos. (see images)
Complete with 36 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #722935CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 21, 1931
* Winnie Ruth Judd Marian Lane
* "Trunk Murders" bodies found
* "Love Triangle" crime
The front page has a one column heading: "AUTOIST GIVES CLEW IN TRUNK MURDER HUNT" with subhead. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 20 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small... Read full description -
Item #722889TRIBUNE, South Bend, Indiana, May 27, 1979
* American Airlines Flight 191 takeoff crash
* O'Hare airport disaster w/ infamous photo
The front page has the infamous photo showing Flight 191 sharply banking to the left shortly after takeoff with heading: "Beginning of the end" Also a heading: "Power Loss erases last... Read full description -
Item #722877NEW YORK POST, Jan. 17, 1942
* Actress Carole Lombard killed
* Airplane crash disaster (1st report)
* Early coverage before confirmation of death
The front page has a nice banner headline for display announcing: "FEAR CAROLE LOMBARD, 21 OTHERS DEAD IN PLANE" First report coverage continues on page 3 with related pictorial. (see... Read full description
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