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Catalog 372 - November, 2026
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Recent additions
LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 8, 1985
- Richard Ramirez murders - killings
- The "Night Stalker" valley intruder
- re. arraignment - best title to be had
This issue has two separate reports on the "Night Stalker" murder case of
...THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 31, 1976
- Iconic "Steal Your Face" lightning skull badge - emblem
- Grateful Dead concert in Jersey City NJ (July 2, 1976)
- Roosevelt Stadium performance
THE DETROIT NEWS, May 25, 1964
- The Estadio Nacional disaster
- Peru vs. Argentina soccer match
The front page has a four column headline: "400 Killed in Soccer Riot" with subheads. (see images) Complete with all 40+
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 4, 1991 (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
...SUN-TIMES, Chicago, May 8, 1980
- "Friday the 13th" advertisement
- Grand Opening Day movie premiere (EVE)
- American slasher cult classic film
A nice issue on the premiere of the motion picture cult classic hit "FRIDAY THE
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 8, 1985 (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
...THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1952
- Police tipster Arnold Schuster assassinated
- Bank robber Willie 'Slick Willie' Sutton
- Gambino boss Albert Anastasia mob hit
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "MAN
...THE FIREBRAND, Portland, Oregon, June 6, 1897
- Rare pro- radical anarchist communist publication
A fascinating newspaper with their motto just under the title: "For the Burning Away of the Cobwebs of Ignorance and
...THE DAY, New London, Conn., Nov. 5, 1930
- Millfield Mine disaster
- Sunday Creek Coal Co.
- Dover Township, Ohio
The front page has a three column heading: "100 Men Trapped in Mine; 300 At Work in Ohio Shaft; Fire and Gas
...SECTION 3 only of the St. Louis Post Dispatch, Feb. 20, 1936
- "Follow the Fleet" advertisement
- Opening day film - movie premiere
- American Musical Maritime Comedy
- Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
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