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Catalog 372 - November, 2026
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THE RALEIGH TIMES, Oct. 31, 1966
- Ku Klux Klan - KKK in N.C.
- James Robertson "Bob" Jones
The front page has a three column heading: "Dragon Jones Says 'Idiots' Boycott Store" with lead-in: "'Don't Think It's Klan'" and
...HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 4, 1863
- 2nd rate
The most desirable print in this issue is the half page: "Raid of Second South Carolina Volunteers (Col. Montgomery) Among the Rice Plantations on the Combahee, S.C."
...DER TAGES SPIEGEL--EXTRABLATT, Berlin, Germany, November 10, 1989 This four page "Extra" edition is devoted to the opening of the Berlin Wall. The entire front page is a huge photo of people standing on the Wall at
...THE DAILY POST-BOY, London, Aug. 28, 1733
- Forty-three years prior to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War
A fine example of this single sheet issue with the front page having various items from London, and
...THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 26, 1967
- Early Bob Dylan & his electric guitar
The front page has a heading: "Brecht of the Juke Box, Poet of Electric Guitar" with lead-in: "Bob Dylan" by
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 8, 1983 (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
...THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., January 31, 1939
- Hitler calls for Jewish extermination
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "HITLER PLEDGES GERMANY WILL SUPPORT ITALY IN ANY WAR; WARNS U.S. TO STOP
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 18, 1963
- Interracial marriages increase
- Civil Right movement era
The front page has a piece by Fred Powledge on the increase of interracial marriages during the Civil Rights movement with
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1961
- U.S. Air Force Major Robert M. White
- Rocket powered North American X-15 jet
- 1st time Mach 4 achieved - 4x speed of sound
The front page has a four column heading: "X-15 Flies 2,650
...PUCK, New York, Jan. 3, 1883
- Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to
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