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Recent additions
Coca Cola Co. announces "Classic Coke" is back in 1985...
Item # 729867
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LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 11, 1985
* Coca-Cola Company announces "Coke Classic"
* Infamous corporate change failure - blunder
The bottom of the front page has a three column heading: "Coca-Cola to Bring Back 'the Real...
* Coca-Cola Company announces "Coke Classic"
* Infamous corporate change failure - blunder
The bottom of the front page has a three column heading: "Coca-Cola to Bring Back 'the Real...
$82
1916 hunt for Pancho Villa...
Item # 729860
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EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, March 13, 1916
* Pancho Villa expedition
* Post Columbus, New Mexico raid
* United States soldiers pursue Mexican bandit
The front page has a banner heading: "MARTIAL LAW FOR BORDER" with...
* Pancho Villa expedition
* Post Columbus, New Mexico raid
* United States soldiers pursue Mexican bandit
The front page has a banner heading: "MARTIAL LAW FOR BORDER" with...
$45
1900 Galveston, Texas hurricane disaster...
Item # 729859
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THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 17, 1900
* The Great 1900 Galveston hurricane
* Deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "BATTER CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT...
* The Great 1900 Galveston hurricane
* Deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "BATTER CONDITIONS PREVAIL AT...
$33
Premiere of "Rocky", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
Item # 729858
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LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 1, 1976
* Best "Rocky" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* American sports drama film
* Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture...
* Best "Rocky" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* American sports drama film
* Sylvester Stallone - Rocky Balboa
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture...
$115
1980 Stable fire... Bradbury, California...
Item # 729857
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LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 17, 1980
* The Stable Fire - Bradbury, California
* San Gabriel Valley firestorm disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "61 Homes Destroyed; Brush Fires Blacken 50,000 Acres" with...
* The Stable Fire - Bradbury, California
* San Gabriel Valley firestorm disaster
The front page has a banner headline: "61 Homes Destroyed; Brush Fires Blacken 50,000 Acres" with...
$48
Great Brazos River flood of 1899... Texas...
Item # 729856
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THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 8, 1899
* Brazos River flood disaster
* Dewey & Sealey, Texas
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FLOOD AND FAMINE" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is...
* Brazos River flood disaster
* Dewey & Sealey, Texas
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "FLOOD AND FAMINE" with subheads. (see) Surprisingly this issue is...
$30
1977 George Lucas' "Star Wars" advertisement......
Item # 729855
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THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, June 6, 1977
* George Lucas' amazingly successful, "Star Wars"
* 2nd week showing in a counterculture publication
Page 45 has a ad for George Lucas' "Star Wars" ...
* George Lucas' amazingly successful, "Star Wars"
* 2nd week showing in a counterculture publication
Page 45 has a ad for George Lucas' "Star Wars" ...
$78
1986 Pan Am flight 73 hijacking...
Item # 729854
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LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 6, 1986
* Hijacking of Pan Am Boeing 747 Flight 73
* Killings on the tarmac in Karachi, Pakistan
* Libyan-backed Abu Nidal Organization terrorists
The front page has a banner headline:...
* Hijacking of Pan Am Boeing 747 Flight 73
* Killings on the tarmac in Karachi, Pakistan
* Libyan-backed Abu Nidal Organization terrorists
The front page has a banner headline:...
$62
Displayable issue on the surrender of Japan...
Item # 729853
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THE LOCK HAVEN EXPRESS, Penn., Aug. 14, 1945
* World War II ends
* Japanese surrenders
* Nice for display
A very dramatic & displayable "Extra" issue announcing the end of World War II, with a large: " PEACE ! " above...
* World War II ends
* Japanese surrenders
* Nice for display
A very dramatic & displayable "Extra" issue announcing the end of World War II, with a large: " PEACE ! " above...
$68
Carbon-14 for cancer research in 1946...
Item # 729852
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 3, 1946
* Oak Ridge, Tennessee Atomic research
* Carbon-14 sent for cancer cause research
The front page has a two column heading: "Atomic Plant Sells a Speck To Help Find Cancer Cause"...
* Oak Ridge, Tennessee Atomic research
* Carbon-14 sent for cancer cause research
The front page has a two column heading: "Atomic Plant Sells a Speck To Help Find Cancer Cause"...
$52