Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century
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Item #576780LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, June 13, 1924
* USS Mississippi (BB-41)
* Explosion disaster (1st report)
This 12 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "3 OFFICERS AND 45 ENLISTED MEN KILLED IN FLAME AND GAS EXPLOSION"
This tells of the USS battleship Mississippi turret explosion disaster... Read full description -
Item #576761THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 29, 1936
* Nikola Tesla
* Father of Radio Physics & more
This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 9:
* Tesla Is Honored At 80
* Birthday of the Scientist is Observed in Yugoslavia
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, minor spine wear, otherwise in good condition. -
Item #576715THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 11, 1934
* Marinus Van Der Lubbe is guilty
* Reichstag fire suspect... executed by guillotine
This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "VAN DER LUBBE DIES ON NAZI GUILLOTINE", "Germany Beheads Reichstag Incendiary in Lepzig, Taking the World by Surprise",... Read full description -
Item #576701THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 25, 1929
* Green Bay Packers
* New York Giants
This 26 page issue has one column headlines on page 20 that include: "PACKER ELEVEN DOWNS GIANTS" and more with lineup. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with some margin wear, otherwise good. -
Item #576662THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Omaha, Nebraska, February 2, 1934
* Verne Sankey captured
* Boettcher kidnapping
The front page has a great banner headline above the masthead on the front page: "SIOUX FALLS GETS SANKEY" with subhead: "U.S BREAKS LAST PART OF KIDNAP GANG" which tells of the capture of Verne Sankey.
Other news, sports, and advertising... Read full description -
Item #576660LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, September 14, 1926
* Bobby Jones - amateur golfer
* Baltusrol golf club
The front page has a one column report headed: "Bobby Jones Has Perfect Day At Baltusrol".
See photo for text on the golf tournament at Baltusrol in New Jersey.
Complete in 10 pages with other news of the... Read full description -
Item #576654LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, Feb. 1, 1957
* Pacoima Junior High School
* Los Angeles CA California
* Airplane disaster (1st report)
This 8 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Seven Die As Airliner Crashes Into Yard Of School In California" This tells of the Pacoima aircraft incident.... Read full description -
Item #576626WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, North Carolina, April 25, 1929
* Slocum, Texas
* Tornadoes disaster
This 12 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "WINDSTORMS KILL TEN AND DAMAGE PROPERTY IN TEXAS" with subheads. (see)
Tells of the tornado outbreak in Texas in which the small town of Slocum was hit hardest.
Other news of... Read full description -
Item #576625WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, North Carolina, April 26, 1929
* Cochran &Statesboro, Georgia
* Tornadoes disaster
This 16 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "TWO TORNADOES HIT GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA, KILL 37" with subheads (see photos).
Tells of the tornado outbreak in Georgia and South Carolina in which the city of... Read full description -
Item #576624THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Nebraska, April 6, 1927
* Parco, Wyoming (Sinclair)
* Oil refinery explosion (1st report)
This 24 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 8: "OIL BLAST KILLS 17; EIGHT HURT", "Three of Injured Not Expected to Live; Caused by Break in Still", with supporting text, tells of the oil refinery... Read full description -
Item #576610LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, December 13, 1935
* A Night at the Opera movie ad
* Groucho - Chico - Harpo
* Marx Brothers
This 12 page newspaper has a 6 x 5 inch movie advertisement on the back page for: "A Night at the Opera" starring the Marx Brothers. (see photos) Also a related photo on the same page with brief text... Read full description -
Item #576608THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, February 2, 1922
* William Desmond Taylor shot dead
This 14 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "THINK DIRECTOR OF MOVIES MURDERED". The report tells of the murder of famed actor and director William Desmond Taylor which is still unsolved till this day. This is a early first... Read full description -
Item #576559LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 10, 1933
* United States Bank Holiday
* The Great Depression
* Franklin D. Roosevelt
This 8 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "ROOSEVELT ASKS RIGHT TO CUT VETERANS' BENEFITS" with subhead. (see)
This action would have the desired effect of... Read full description -
Item #576555THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, April 13, 1927 This 20 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "TEXAS TOWN FLATTENED BY TORNADO" with subheads. (see)
This first report tells of the tornado disaster at Rocksprings, Texas.
Other news of the day. Light browning with little margin wear, otherwise in... Read full description -
Item #576536SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, November 25, 1911 The front cover of the issue is entitled "Pumping Gold Bullion From the Sea" with further information inside. Within the issue is "Marie Sklodowska Curie, The Greatest Woman Scientist, Twice Recipient of the Nobel Prize", immortalized by her researches on radium;... Read full description -
Item #576516NEW YORK TIMES, November 26, 1930.
* President Herbert Hoover declares war on gangsters
* The Al Capone era
This 44 page newspaper has a three line, one column headline on the front page: "PRESIDENT DEMANDS WAR ON GANGSTERS; PUTS DUTY ON STATES", with subheads. This was during the time Al Capone was in power.
Other news of... Read full description -
Item #576504SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 29, 1911 The front cover of the issue is entitled "Rise and Fall of the American Merchant Marine" with further information inside. Within the issue is "Wilhelm Ostwald - A Leader in Modern Philosophy of Science"; "The Voisin 'Canard' Biplane" which was Christened the 'Duck'; ... Read full description -
Item #576384THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, April 1, 1962
* Milton FL Florida
* Tornado disaster (1st report)
This 42 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Tornado Kills 15 In Florida".
This tells of the tornado disaster at Milton, Florida.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Small binding holes along the... Read full description -
Item #576382THE OMAHA MORNING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, June 17, 1925
* Hackettstown NJ New Jersey train wreck
* 1st report
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "Boat Train Death Toll Goes to 35" and more (see images). This tells of train wreck disaster at Hackettstown, New Jersey.
Other news, sports and... Read full description -
Item #576364THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, September 28, 1923
* Glen Rock WY train wreck (1st report)
* Coal Creek - Casper Wyoming
This 48 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "TRAIN IN RIVER; FEAR 40 DEAD", "Passengers Are Drowned as Engine, Five Cars Plunge Through Bridge", and "Snow Hinders... Read full description -
Item #576338WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, Wilmington, North Carolina, March 11, 1941
* Strand Theatre fire
* Firemen disaster
* Brockton MA Massachusetts
This 12 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4: "12 FIREMEN DIE IN THEATRE FIRE" and "Twenty-Eight Others Injured Battling Flames At Brockton, Mass." This tells of the Strand... Read full description -
Item #576334THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, May 25, 1948 This 42 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "2-YEAR GM WAGE PACT" with caption: "Cost-of-Living Raise" and subheads. (see)
This tells of the G.M.-U.A.W. Wage Contract of 1948. Great to have in a Detroit newspaper.
Other news of the day throughout. Rag... Read full description -
Item #576326YOUNG PEOPLE'S WEEKLY, Elgin, Illinois, June 10, 1916 This is a Sunday School publication from David. C. Cook. The colored-cover of this issue is of a father and daughter in a field of flowers with a lake in the background. Within the issue are a variety of article. On page 7 is an article entitled "The Rhine of the United States" which is about... Read full description -
Item #576194LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 14, 1929
* Six Miles, South Carolina
* Tornado disaster
This 10 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page:
"9 KNOWN DEAD IN S. C. TORNADO"
Tells of the deadly tornado which struck the small community of Six Miles, South Carolina near... Read full description -
Item #576193LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 15, 1929
* Elba Al Alabama flood (1st report)
* Pea River & Whitewater Creek
This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "FLOOD RIVERS A MENACE TO POPULATION OF OVER 4000", with subhead (see image). The coverage tells of the devastating flood that hit Elba, Alabama.... Read full description -
Item #576174THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 28, 1933
* Brooke Hart murder
This 26 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Rolph Praises Lynching Mob" and "Would Free Any Who Might Be Jailed" with smaller subheads and photo of Governor Rolph (see). The report tells of the lynching of Thomas Thurmond and... Read full description -
Item #576172LOS ANGELES TIMES, The Games of the Tenth Olympiad Section, Los Angeles, California, December 4, 1931 This is a 32-page Fiftieth Anniversary Edition section dedicated to the Olympiad. This contains information on the Story of the Olympic Games, information on Los Angeles hosting the games in 1932 including the program of events, and photos of the... Read full description -
Item #576167EVENING PRESS, Island of Guernsey, July 16, 1940
* Rare Nazi occupation issue
* Beginning of the siege
A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi. This is a very early issue from during the occupation by the Nazis, as the... Read full description -
Item #576143THE OMAHA DAILY BEE, Nebraska, April 14, 1915
* Battle of Celeya (2nd report)
* Pancho Villa defeated
* Mexican Revolution
This 14 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "MACHINE GUNS OF CARRANZA SWEEP YIELDING FOEMEN" "Three Hundred and Fifty Villa Captives, Men and Women,... Read full description -
Item #576142ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, November 10, 1933
* Brooke Hart kidnapping (1st report)
* Famous San Jose, California lynching close
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 2: "YOUTH TAKEN BY KIDNAPERS" and "Brooke Hart, 22, Son of California Merchant, Held for $40,000" which tells of the initial kidnapping Brooke... Read full description -
Item #576141THE FREDERICK POST, Frederick, Maryland, October 4, 1938 This 10 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "HITLER'S SS MEN DISARM 500 CZECH GENDARMES AND SOLDIERS NEAR FALKENAUW" with subhead and related photo. (see)
This tells of the annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia by Adolph Hitler.
Other... Read full description -
Item #576100THE COLDWATER DAILY REPORTER, Coldwater, Michigan, April 2, 1931
* Knute Rockne death with photos
* Notre Dame head football coach
This 12 page newspaper has one column headline on the front page: "ROCKNE'S BODY LIES IN STATE" and "Silent Homage Paid To Great Coach As Plans Are Made For Funeral" with various inside page... Read full description -
Item #576062THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, April 12, 1935
* Williamsport, Maryland High School
* Rockville, Maryland disaster (1st report)
This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "14 CHILDREN DIE AS TRAIN SPLITS BUS" "Bodies of Children Hurled Into Cemetery or Strewn Along Tracks 200... Read full description -
Item #576035THE FREDERICK POST, Maryland, December 29, 1938
* Florence Lawrence death
* Silent film actress
* 1st ever movie star?
This 8 page newspaper has one column headings on the front page: "STAR OF SILENT FILMS TAKES POISON, DIES" "Florence Lawrence, Once Co-Starred With Mary Pickford, Had Been In Stock Company"
... Read full description -
Item #576018THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, June 22, 1963
* James Jimmy Red Donohue wins National Marbles Tournament
* From his hometown paper
This 38 page newspaper has a banner headline above the masthead on the front page: "City Boy Captures U.S. Marbles Crown" with subheads that include: "Donohue Wins Championship In National Marbles... Read full description -
Item #576015ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL, Allentown, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1934
* re. John Dillinger Crown Point IN
* Investigation of famous Jail break
The front page has one column headlines: "Probe Escape Of Dillinger", "Grand Jury Ordered by Court to 'Name Parties Responsible'". This was one of the most famous escapes from a high security jail... Read full description -
Item #575968THE WORLD, New York City, January 30, 1918
* 1st week of landmark film "Tarzan Of The Apes"
A rare opportunity for the complete newspaper which contains within the advertisement for the first Tarzan movie ever made, "Tarzan of the Apes".
This is the complete newspaper with the advertisement (ad measures 6 by 4 inches)... Read full description -
Item #575910THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, November 20, 1947
* Princess Elizabeth & Prince Philip wedding
* Westminster Abbey
This 60 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include: "Elizabeth to Be Wed Today; Mountbatten Made a Duke" and more (see images). Much more on pages 12 and 13 with... Read full description -
Item #575909LEOMINSTER ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, March 30, 1964
* The Great Alaskan Earthquake
This 8 page newspaper has three column headlines on the front page: "Baby's Cold Keeps Mother Here, Safe from 'Quake'"; "Alaskans Begin To Rebuild As Rescue Work Goes On" with related photo (see).
Other news of the... Read full description -
Item #575908LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, October 5, 1934
* St. Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers
* MLB baseball World Series
This 10 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "CARDINALS LEAD, 1 TO 0 IN THE THIRD GAME" with subhead, lineup and inning by inning reporting... Read full description -
Item #575904LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, June 28, 1957.
* Hurricane Audrey hits Gulf region
* 1st report of landfall
This 10 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "Louisiana Marshlands Under Tidal Waves In Wake Of Hurricane", with supporting text. Other news of the day throughout. Minor... Read full description -
Item #575896THE OMAHA EVENING BEE, Omaha, Nebraska, April 12, 1927
* Shanghai Massacre (early same day 1st report)
* China Civil war begins
This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "CANTONESE UNITY COLLAPSES; 12 DIE" and "Field and Machine Guns Used by Conservatives to Down Radicals"
This tells of the Shanghai Massacre... Read full description -
Item #575832THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 30, 1934 This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "MRS. NELSON HELD LEADING WOMAN PUBLIC FOE IN U.S." "Police and Authorities of Nation Ordered to 'Shoot to Kill'" with related photo. (see)
This tells of the official F.B.I.... Read full description -
Item #575711THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Russell, Kansas, January 27, 1973
* Paris Peace Accords signed
* Vietnam War ends for U.S.
* Early same day report
This 6 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Cease-Fire Agreement Is Signed"
This tells of the Paris Peace Accrods being signed which ending direct U.S. military involvement in the... Read full description -
Item #575589WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, July 16, 1945
* Potsdam Conference (Germany)
* The Big Three meeting
* Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin, & Winston Churchill
This 42 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: " 'Big Three' In Potsdam For Historic Meeting", with nice photo of Harry Truman with caption: "Ready For... Read full description -
Item #575571BEACON, Philadelphia Navy Yard, 1944 A military paper produced at the Navy Yard, which was a major site for not only the building of new warships but also the repair of vessels damaged in the war. As would be expected there is a great wealth of war-related content, with an emphasis of naval items.
Eight pages, 10 1/2 by 16 pages,... Read full description -
Item #575517THE CHENANGO TELEGRAPH, New York, December 4, 1934
* Dutch Schultz - Arthur Flegenheimer - New York bootlegger gangster
* Albany, New York jail photo
This 8 page newspaper has a three column photo with caption: "Schultz Now Clings Fearfully to Law's Skirts" which shows Shultz behind bars with his lawyers conferring nearby (see photos).
Tells... Read full description -
Item #575476THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, September 28, 1942 This 34 page newspaper has a two column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Cards Win Pennant on Final Day; Series Starts in St. Louis Sept. 30". Page 20 has a banner headline that reads: "Cooper Held Logical Choice to Pitch World Series Opener For the... Read full description -
Item #575424SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 27, 1959
* Poplarville MS Mississippi
* Negro lynching - murder
This 20 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "FARMER SEES KIDNAPPING OF JAILED NEGRO" and "Estimates 8 to 10 Men in Miss. Raiding Party; Search Continues". This tells of the lynching of... Read full description -
Item #575420THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 30, 1931
* Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
* 1st flight around the World in airplane
* During flight reporting
This 22 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "World Fliers Reach Alaska After Perilous 2,300 Mile Flight Over Bering Sea" with... Read full description
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