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  • How cartoons are made... A notable contribution in the development of animation...
    Item #722560
    SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Oct. 14, 1916 

    * Noteworthy contribution in animation history (see background below)

    The entire front page is taken up with an illustration captioned: "Animated Cartoons In the Making: Filming the Successive Drawings." showing a man doing just that. An inside... Read full description  
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  • Supreme Court Blocks President... Youngstown, Ohio...
    Item #722534
    THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 3, 1952

    * Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co v. Sawyer
    * Supreme Court decision checks Presidential Authority

    The front page has a displayable photo and  a 4 column headline: "STEEL SEIZURE HELD INVALID; STRIKE CALLED IMMEDIATELY" which tells of the United States Supreme... Read full description  
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  • John D. Rockefeller death in 1937....
    Item #722532
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, 2nd Extra, California, May 24, 1937
     
    * John D. Rockefeller death
    * Oil tycoon (nice headline w/ photos)

    The front page has a nice banner headline: "JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER DIES; ESTATE REPORTED AS SMALL" with subhead: "End Comes in Florida Home" and more with great pictorial. Nice for display. More on pages... Read full description  
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  • John Wayne Gacy discovered... serial killer clown...
    Item #722531
    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Dec. 26, 1978

    * John Wayne Gacy arrest
    * Best title to be had ? - very rare


    Here is nice issue on the discovery of John Wayne Gacy's crimes in a Chicago suburb. The top of page 3 has a heading: "Police seize records at Gacy home". (see) Gacy was arrested just a few days earlier. Great to have this in... Read full description  
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  • Extensive collection on the 1912 Olympic Games...   Jim Thorpe...
    Item #722530
    NEW YORK TIMES, a collection of eleven consecutive issues dating July 7 thru 17, 1912, each with front page and/or inside page reporting from the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, with some fine coverage. This was the event at which Jim Thorpe distinguished himself, with various mentions of him in the coverage.
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  • Creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...
    Item #722529
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Illinois, Nov. 11, 1921  

    * Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    The front page has a 4 image series depicting a famous poem, "The Colors", 1st published on Aug. 7, 1914.  Additionally, there is a one column article: "STREAM OF LIFE MOVES PAST BIER OF U.S. UNKNOWN - Capital... Read full description  
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  • Al Capone tax evasion case, in a Chicago newspaper...
    Item #722528
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 8, 1931 

    * Gangster Al 'Scarface' Capone
    * Income tax evasion case
    * Best title to be had (rare)


    The front page has a one column heading: "HUNT CAPONE'S HIDDEN RICHES FOR U. S. DEBT" with subhead. (see)
    Related photo is on the back page. Capone would plead guilty about a week... Read full description  
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  • Jess Willard defeats Johnson for the heavyweight title...
    Item #722527
    THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, April 6, 1915 

    * Jess Williard vs. Jack Johnson 
    * The "Great white hope" defeats 1st Black Boxing Champion
    * Heavyweight boxing title fight (1st report)
     

    The first column of the front page has stacked heads reporting on the heavyweight boxing championship,... Read full description  
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  • 1916 Battle of the River Somme... WWI...
    Item #722523
    EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Sept. 22, 1916

    * Battle of the River Somme offensive - France
    * World War I - WWI - German & British Empires
    * One of the deadliest battles in human history


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "BRITISH ADVANCE ON SOMME" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display. Surprisingly this issue is in... Read full description  
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  • New York Yankees vs. Giants... World Series of baseball...
    Item #722521
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 13, 1923 

    * New York Yankees World Series (Brooklyn wins)
    * 1st year as champions (game 3)
    * 1st year at Yankee Stadium - Babe Ruth
    * Nice front page headline for display


    The top of the front page has a great banner headline: "STENGEL'S BAT BEATS YANKS" with subheads. (see... Read full description  
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  • Floyd Collins trapped in Mammoth Cave....
    Item #722519
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 15, 1925 

    * Floyd Collins trapped w/ great headline
    * Sand Cave, Mammoth Cave, Kentucky


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "SOUNDS GIVE RESCUE HOPE" with subheads. Nice for display. Coverage continues on pages 2-3 with two related photos.
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  • 1948 bombing of Shenyang (Mukden), China...
    Item #722517
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 2, 1948

    * Aerial bombing of Mukden (Shenyang), China
    * People's Liberation Army - Liaoshen Campaign
    * Communists vs. Nationalists - Civil War


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "MUKDEN IS BOMBED BY NANKING PLANES AS REDS CAPTURE IT" with subheads. (see images)
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  • Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial......
    Item #722515
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1939

    * Negro Woman Marian Anderson
    * African American Contralto - singer
    * Famous Lincoln Memorial concert


    The top of page 19 has two column headings: "Throng Honors Marian Anderson In Concert at Lincoln Memorial", "Estimated 75,000, Gathered at Monument to Emancipator, Rush Toward Negro... Read full description  
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  • 1944 USS Ranger aircraft carrier WWII exploits...
    Item #722510
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 10, 1944

    * USS Ranger (CV-4) action off of Norway
    * United States Navy aircraft carrier - WWII


    The front page has a two column heading: "Ranger Sank Five Nazi Ships After Hitler Had 'Sunk' Her" with related photo. (see images)
    Complete with 34 pages, light toning at the margins, nice... Read full description  
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  • Irma Grese... Belsen trial... Nazi Woman guard...
    Item #722508
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 27, 1945

    * Female SS guard Irma Grese
    * Bergen-Belsen concentration camp trial
    * Jewish Holocaust  - exterminations - atrocities
    *
    "Hyena of Auschwitz" - "The Beautiful Beast"

    Page 12 has a one column heading: "BELSEN TORTURES BY WOMAN LISTED"  with subhead. (see... Read full description  
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  • Vanderbilt Cup automobile race... Tazio Nuvolari...
    Item #722506
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., October 13, 1936

    * Vanderbilt Cup - automobile racing
    * First major car race trophy in America
    * Italian driver Tazio Nuvolari wins


    The front page has a one column photo of Tazio Nuvolari with heading: "Wins Auto Race" Also a one column heading: "NUVOLARI WINS VANDERBILT CUP 300-MILE... Read full description  
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  • Paul von Hindenburg elected president.....
    Item #722505
    THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, April 27, 1925

    * Paul von Hindenburg
    * 1st election as president of Germany


    This 14 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Hindenburg Is Elected President Of Germany is Sweeping Victory; His Plurality Approaches 900,000" with subheads. 
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  • Joe Aiello assassination... Capone rival...
    Item #722502
    THE DETROIT NEWS, October 25, 1930

    * Gangster Joe Aiello assassination
    * Sicilian Mafia leader - bootlegger
    * Al 'Scarface' Capone rival
    * Chicago gangland war


    The front page has a one column heading: "AIELLO'S DEATH BOOSTS CAPONE" with subhead. (see images) 
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  • Brandenburg Gate opening in 1989...
    Item #722496
    B-Z, Berlin, Germany, December 23, 1989 

    * Fall of the Berlin Wall
    * Brandenburg Gate opens
    * Best publication to be had ? (very rare)


    A great issue on the fall of the Berlin Wall, with a banner headline proclaiming (translated): "Berlin, Rejoice!" The front page photo shows a huge crowd at the Brandenburg Gate, apparently oblivious... Read full description  
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  • Don Wilson's 1967 no-hitter...
    Item #722456
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, June 19, 1967

    * Rookie pitcher Don Wilson
    * Houston Astros no-hitter 
    * Golfer Jack Nicklaus 
    * Wins U.S. Open tournament


    The front page has a two column heading: "No-Hitter for Rookie" with photo. First report coverage continues in the sport's section with another related photo. (see images)
    Also on the... Read full description  
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  • 1934 search for Loch Ness Monster...
    Item #722363
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 30, 1934

    * Loch Ness Monster mystery
    * Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars' opinion
    * Beginning of the legendary hoax 


    The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "DITMARS SCOFFS AT 'SEA MONSTER'" with subheads. (see images)
    Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 40 pages, rag edition... Read full description  
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  • 1967 Battle of Mekong... Vietnam War...
    Item #722361
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. June 20, 1967

    * Battle of the Mekong - Delta - River
    * Vietnam War - U.S. Navy River Patrol Boats


    The front page has a two column heading: "GIs Kill 276 Reds In Heavy Fighting" (see images)
    Complete with 36 pages, tiny binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

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  • Buffalo Bills very 1st football game in 1960...
    Item #722360
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Sept. 12, 1960

    * Buffalo Bill play their very 1st ever football game

    Page 15 has a one column heading: "AL Dorow Leads Titans to Win" with subhead and stats. (see images)
    Complete with 22 pages, tiny binding holes along the spine, very nice condition

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  • Michael Jordan's very 1st NBA game close in a Chicago newspaper...
    Item #722356
    CHICAGO TRIBUNE, Oct. 12, 1984

    * Michael Jordan to make his NBA debut
    * Potential superstar in the making ?
    * Chicago Bulls professional basketball
    * Best publication to be had - rare as such


    The to of page 3 of the sports section has a fur column heading: "Bulls hitch up to Jordan's rising star" with... Read full description  
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  • Magic Johnson drafted 1st in the NBA...
    Item #722350
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 26, 1979 

    * Earvin "Magic" Johnson drafted
    * NBA basketball - Los Angeles Lakers
    * Best title to be had ?


    The front page of the sport's section (inside) has a two column heading: "Lakers Take 3-Point Stance in NBA Draft" with subhead. First report coverage continues on page 6. Page 7, under... Read full description  
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  • Nuremberg trials open...
    Item #722343
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 20, 1945

    * Nuremberg trials officially opens 
    * High ranking Nazi officials 
    * Hermann Goering amongst others 
    * War crimes against humanity 


    The front page has a two column heading: "Top Nazis Go on Trial Today; Nuernberg Heavily Guarded" with small photo of Ernst Kaltenbrunner. (see images)
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  • 1939 Yankee Clipper starts transatlantic flight...
    Item #722341
    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, June 24, 1939

    * Boeing 314 Yankee Clipper (flying boat)
    * Pan American World airways 
    * Inaugural airplane airmail flight (Northern Route)
    * New York to England transatlantic 


    The top of the front page has a three column photo with heading: "Yankee Clipper Starts Out on Historic Flight"... Read full description  
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  • Michigan Wolverines football are 1932 Big Ten champs...
    Item #722334
    SPORT'S SECTION only of the New York Times, Nov. 20, 1932

    * Michigan Wolverines NCAA football - University
    * Declared 1932 Big Ten Conference champions 


    The top of page 2 has a 5 column heading: "Western Conference Football Crown Won by Michigan" with subheads, stats and lineups. (see images) 
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  • Aviator Howard Hughes wins the Harmon Trophy....
    Item #722331
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1937

    * Aviator Howard Hughes & Aviatrix Jean Batten
    * Harmon International Trophy presentation


    The top of page 5 has small photos of Howard Hughes and Jean Batten with heading: "Win Air Awards" (see images)
    Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small... Read full description  
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  • "Wild Bill" Cummings wins the 1934 Indianapolis 500...
    Item #722330
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 31, 1934

    * 1934 Indianapolis 500 automobile race 
    * "Wild Bill" Cummings wins (1st report)

    The sport's section (page 26) has a banner heading: "135,000 See Cummings Capture Indianapolis Auto Race in Thrilling Finish" with subheads and photo. (see) First report coverage on... Read full description  
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  • Ratification of the repeal of prohibition in 1933 West Virginia...
    Item #722329
    THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, June 28, 1933 

    * End of Prohibition in West Virginia 
    * Beer - liquor returns - Ratification voted
    * Repeal of the Eighteenth 18th Amendment


    The front page has a banner headline: "WEST VIRGINIA VOTES REPEAL; WETS LEAD IN CALIFORNIA" with subheads. (see images)... Read full description  
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  • 1942 Battle of Midway... Eyewitness account...
    Item #722328
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 9, 1942

    * Battle Of Midway ends w/ win
    * Japanese vs. American Navy
    * Great eyewitness account - George H. Gay Jr.


    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "U. S. FLIER SAW 3 ENEMY CARRIERS AFIRE; BIG ONE AMONG THOSE LOST OFF MIDWAY" with subheads that include: "Flier Down On Sea"... Read full description  
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  • 1987 golden age of new school hip-hop music...
    Item #722311
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 8, 1987

    * Rappers Spoonie Gee & Kool Moe Dee editorial
    * East coast hip hop artist  Scott La Rock death
    * Considered the first murder of a major rapper
    * Golden-age of new-school hip hop - rap music


    Page 71 has a editorial by Frank Kogan with heading: ... Read full description  
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  • 1963 Cambridge, Maryland race riot...
    Item #722306
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 13, 1963

    * Cambridge, Maryland race riot
    * Long, hot summer of 1967


    The front page has a two column heading: "Maryland Troops Rule Cambridge, Repulse Marchers" Related photo on page 2. (see images)
    Complete with 30+ pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, small library stamp within the... Read full description  
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  • J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1945...
    Item #722305
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 18, 1945

    * Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer WARNING
    * Los Alamos National Laboratory Director 

    The top of page 2 has one column heading: "Warn Of Death Toll In Millions In Atomic Raid" with subhead and small photo of Oppenheimer. (see images)
    Complete with 38 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.... Read full description  
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  • Historic newspaper item #722301
    Item #722301
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 7, 1947

    * Aviator & business magnate Howard Hughes
    * Senator Owen Brewster - Senate hearings 
    * TWA & wartime aircraft contracts - monopoly
    * Pan American Airways (Pan Am) - airplanes


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "HUGHES, BREWSTER... Read full description  
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  • Chiang Kai-shek heads for exile in 1949...
    Item #722299
    THE DETROIT NEWS, Jan. 22, 1949

    * Fall of Peiping - modern day Beijing
    * Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
    * Flees Nanking for Fenghua, Ningbo
    * Republic of China (ROC) leader
    * The Chinese Revolution of 1949


    The front page has a nice headline for display: "REDS CAPTURE PEIPING" with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with 20 pages, rag... Read full description  
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  • Witnessing the birth of Bob Dylan's extraordinary career...
    Item #722298
    THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, April 20, 1961 

    * Bob Dylan - Robert Allen Zimmerman
    * Very 1st public performance advertisement
    * Gerde's Folk City music venue in Greenwich Village


    An exceedingly significant newspaper which offers witness to the birth of the music career of the legendary Bob Dylan. And perhaps no... Read full description  
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  • 1942 Stanley Johnston & Battle of the Coral Sea...
    Item #722297
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 17, 1942

    * Battle of Midway naval & air engagement 
    * Attack on the United States Navy carrier described
    * Chicago Tribune journalist Stanley Johnston
    * USS Lexington & the Battle of the Coral Sea
    * Imperial Japanese Navy secret coding - codes


    The front page has a one column heading: ... Read full description  
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  • Operation Dragoon in 1944 WWII...  Southern France...
    Item #722295
    THE BOSTON POST, August 17, 1944 

    * Operation Dragoon
    * Southern France invasion 
    * Allies invade Nazis 
    * Gen. George S. Patton 

    The front page has a four column headline: "NAZIS ISOLATED IN RIVIERA FIGHT" with subhead. Also a front page photo with small heading: "Fighting General At His... Read full description  
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  • Jewish refugees - Exodus 1947's seizure...
    Item #722294
    NEW YORK TIMES, New York, July 21, 1947 

    * SS Exodus 1947 seized by British w/ considerable details
    * Jewish refugee packet steamship travesty - Aliyah Bet
    * Frankie Frisch becomes 1st switch-hitter to make H.O.F.


    The front page has: "JEWS SHIPPED BACK TO PORT IN FRANCE, PALESTINE REPORTS," with subhead, "Soldier Killed,... Read full description  
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  • 1934 John Dillinger gang... The Flint, Michigan robbery...
    Item #722293
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 19, 1934

    * John Dillinger gang
    * Flint, Michigan bank robbery


    Page 3 has one column headings: "$30,000 RAID IS LAID TO DILLINGER GANG" "Presence of Leader Himself in Foray on Bank at Flint, Mich., Is Doubted" "Woman One Of The Band" and more. (see images)
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  • 1983 Beirut barracks bombings...
    Item #722291
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 24, 1983

    * 1983 Beirut barracks bombings - Lebanon
    * United States Marine Corps massacre
    * Lebanese Civil War terrorist suicide attack
    * Islamic Jihad Organization & Iran


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "BEIRUT DEATH TOLL AT 146 AMERICANS; FRENCH CASUALTIES RISE IN BOMBINGS; REAGAN INSISTS MARINES WILL... Read full description  
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  • 1983 Beirut barracks bombings...
    Item #722290
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 4, 1983

    * Tyre, Southern Lebanon 
    * Suicide truck bombing
    * Israeli military headquarters 
    * Islamic Jihad Organization (Hezbollah)


    The front page has a banner headline: "29 Dead, Israelis Strike Back" with subhead. (see images)
    Complete 1st section only with 24 pages, nice condition.

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  • Einstein-Rosen bridge (wormhole) theory...
    Item #722288
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 5, 1935

    * Albert Einstein & Nathan Rosen bridge
    * Wormhole - spacetime - unified theory


    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Einstein in Vast New Theory Links Atom and Stars in Unified Theory" with subhead. (see) Lengthy text continues inside.
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  • 1929 St. Valentine's Day massacre aftermath....
    Item #722286
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 24, 1929

    * St. Valentine's Day Massacre aftermath
    * George 'Bugs' Moran vs. Al 'Scarface' Capone
    * Gangsters - gangland - underworld


    The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "KIDNAP A WITNESS IN MORAN KILLINGS" with subheads. Coverage on the recent unrest in Chicago's... Read full description  
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  • 1930 Max Valier....  Rocket propulsion....
    Item #722285
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 20, 1930

    * Max Valier
    * Rocket car
    * Liquid-propellant

    The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "ROCKET CAR MAKES 50 MILES PER HOUR" with subheads. (see)
    Complete with 26 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

    background: On April 19, 1930, Austrian rocketry pioneer Max Valier staged one of his most... Read full description  
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  • 1951 West Frankfort, Illinois mine disaster...
    Item #722284
    THE DETROIT NEWS, December 23, 1951

    * West Frankfort - Lakeland
    * Franklin County, Illinois
    * Coal mine explosion disaster


    The top of the front page has a six column headline: "60 ENTOMBED MINERS ALL FEARED DEAD" with subheads. Three related photos are on page 6 of section II. (see images)
    Complete with 40+ pages, rag... Read full description  
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  • Seabiscuit to race in the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap...
    Item #722282
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Dec. 7, 1939

    * Seabiscuit gets one more try for victory
    * Santa Anita Stakes - Arcadia, California
    * Thoroughbred racehorse racing


    The top of page 4B has a banner heading: "Field of 95 Nominated for $100,000 Santa Anita Derby" with subheads and photo. (see images
    Complete with 30+ pages,... Read full description  
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  • 1979 George Romero... zombie films...
    Item #722279
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 23, 1979

    * Movie director George Romero
    * Zombies in horror films pioneer
    * "Dawn of the Dead" release 


    Starting on the front page is a editorial on George Romero and his release of "Dawn of the Dead" with heading:  "Knight of the Living... Read full description  
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