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Catalog 371 - October, 2026
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NEW YORK POST - EXTRA, Dec. 9, 1980
- John Lennon assassination
- "The Beatles" front man
- From the city of the murder
- Nice headline for display
Here is one of the more desirable newspapers on the death of John Lennon - it
...NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Feb. 6, 1863 Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Removal of Gen. Butler" "The Affair Off Charleston Harbor" "The Affair at Fort Donelson" "The Rebels Driven in Great
...THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 10, 1975
- Black Sabbath - English heavy metal rock band
- "Sabotage" Madison Square Garden advertisement
- Ozzy Osbourne - Tony Iommi w/ Aerosmith concert tour
- Ame
THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 9, 1967
- Andy Warhol's The Velvet Underground & Nico
- Debut studio album release w/ peeled banana (early version)
- Very early "THE DOORS" NYC nightclub
THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., July 6, 1936
- University of Washington Huskies
- Men's varsity rowing - "The Boys in the Boat"
- Clinches a spot for the Summer Olympics
- Famous upset vs. Nazi Germany fame
The front page has a
...ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, May 14, 1935
- Lawrence of Arabia motorcycle accident
- Colonel
- Would die less than a week later
The top of page 3 has a two column photo showing Lawrence of Arabia in Arabian clothing with
...ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, February 26, 1936
- February 26 Incident
- Attempted coup d'etat in Japan
- Imperial Japanese Army
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "JAPANESE MILITARISTS ASSASSINATE PREMIER AND
...THE DAY, New London, Conn., October 26, 1927
- SS Principessa Mafalda sinking
- Italian transatlantic ocean liner
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "Italian Liner Sinks Off Brazil; 34 of 1,258 on Board
...LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 19, 1982 (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
...THE DAY, New London, Conn. April 11, 1931
- Eliot Ness & his "Untouchables"
- South Side Chicago brewery raid
- Mob boss Al "Scarface" Capone
- Beginning of his empire's downfall
The front page has a two column heading:
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