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Catalog 371 - October, 2026
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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 NEW YORK TIMES, May 23, 1943
- Pearl Harbor sunken warships
- U.S. Naval salvage operation
- Righting the USS Oklahoma
The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "'Dead' Ships rise at Pearl Harbor; Miracle in
...ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 9, 1936
- Celestino P. Gonzalez mass family murders
- Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, Indiana
- Great depression & dust bowl era
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "KILLS HIS
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 24, 1946
- Post World War II United Nations - UN
- General Assembly in New York City convenes
The front page has a nice banner headline: "TRUMAN, OPENING U.N., ASKS END OF FEAR OF WAR; URGES WORLD
...THE NEW YORK HERALD, June 17, 1873
- Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia
- Negro Archie Johnson public hanging
The top of page 4 has one column headings: "THE GALLOWS IN VIRGINIA: "Execution of a Negro of Russell County"
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, November 14, 1995
- Glen Edward Rogers captured in Kentucky
- "The Cross-Country or Casanova Killer"
The front page has a heading that reads: "Alleged Serial Killer Captured" with subheads and photo of
...DAILY WORLD, New York, May 14, 1969
- re. Glenville, Cleveland, Ohio shootout
- Cleveland police and black nationalists
- Civil rights movement - Fred Ahmed Evans
This publication, The World, represents the official voice
...CALENDAR section only of the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 28, 1987
- Best original "Hamburger Hill" advertisement
- Grand Opening Day movie premiere w/ review
- American Vietnam War film (1969 battle of )
A terrific issue on the
...THE DETROIT NEWS, Nov. 3, 1930
- Haile Selassie I coronation
- Emperor of Ethiopian Empire
The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "African King Is Crowned Amid Barbaric Splendor" (see images)
Complete with
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, February 19, 1936
- Kid Cann - Isadore Blumenfeldd
- Jewish-American mobster - gangster
- Minneapolis, Minnesota organized crime
The front page 2 has a one-column heading: "KID CANN FREED BY JURY IN
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