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  • From the beginning years of the computer era...
    Item #714059
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Jan. 8, 1954 

    * Early IBM computer invention trials
    * International Business Machines Corp.


    The front page has a one column heading:  "Electronic Brain Now A Linguist" with lead-in: "Translates" (see images) An interesting article hearkening to the very beginning of the computer... Read full description  
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  • Richard Ramirez, the 'Night Stalker', in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #714056
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 6, 1986

    * Richard Ramirez preliminary hearing
    * The "Night Stalker" serial killer
    * Best title to be had ?


    The top of page 7 of section II has a report on the "Night Stalker" murder case of Richard Ramirez, with one column heading: "Judge in Night Stalker Case Brings... Read full description  
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  • Rocky Marciano wins heavyweight boxing title...
    Item #714053
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., Sept. 24, 1952

    * Rocky Marciano wins heavyweight boxing title
    * Knocks out Jersey Joe Walcott in 13th round


    Page 8 under "Sportfolio" is a small heading: "King Rocky Still Crude Nugget; Walcott Glitters Despite Loss" and more. (see images)
    Complete with 18 pages, light toning at the... Read full description  
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  • Andale, Kansas tornado outbreak of 1917...
    Item #714051
    THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, May 26, 1917

    * Andale, Kansas tornado outbreak

    At the bottom of the front page is a one column heading: "30 PERSONS KILLED IN KANSAS STORM" with subhead. (see image)
    Fourteen pages, light toning, a little margin wear, mainly along the top spine area, loose along the spine, should be handled with... Read full description  
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  • John Dillinger robbery & police shootout...
    Item #714048
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 1, 1934

    * John Dillinger gang robbery & shootout
    * Evergreen Park, Illinois roadhouse


    The back page has a one column heading: "DILLINGER BATTLES POLICE IN CHICAGO" with subheads. First report coverage on the John Dillinger shootout outside the Beverly Garden Dine and Dance roadhouse. Nice to have in... Read full description  
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  • Adolph Hitler made chancellor of Germany...
    Item #714046
    ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, Feb. 2, 1933

    * Adolph Hitler - newly appointed chancellor
    * First speech in his new role (radio)
    * Nazi Germany begins climb to total power
    * First event that led to the eventual Jewish Holocaust


    Page 2 has a one column heading: "HITLER POLICE SEIZE BERLIN RED QUARTERS" with subhead. (see images)... Read full description  
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  • Same-day report on the assassination of John F. Kennedy...
    Item #714043
    THE CLEVELAND PRESS, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1963  This is an uncommon same-day report (most newspapers reported the assassination on Nov. 23) on John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, with the two-line banner headline: "KENNEDY IS DEAD, SHOT BY ASSASSIN". Two front page photos show Kennedy, and another with his wife: "Shortly... Read full description  

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  • Pearl Harbor...   America enters World War II...
    Item #714038
    THE CLEVELAND PRESS, Ohio, Dec. 8, 1941  Nice banner headlines on the bombing of Pearl Harbor, plus America's entry into World War II: "1500 DEAD IN HAWAII RAID" "Congress Wildly Cheers F. D. R. As...U.S. VOTES WAR ON JAPS".
    Seeming the complete issues with pages 1-38, in two sections, however one interior leaf is lacking. No wear at the... Read full description  

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  • Nazis quit: the desired Germany edition...   Best of the six editions we've offered...
    Item #714036
    THE STARS AND STRIPES - EXTRA, Germany Edition,  May 8, 1945  

    * Germany Surrenders
    * V-E day - Nazis quit
    * Great title to have in

    This famous newspaper is subtitled: "Daily News of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations", and being the "Germany Edition" it is perhaps the very best... Read full description  

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  • 1984 Kathy Boudin editorial... radical leftist...
    Item #713943
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 14, 1984

    * Kathy Boudin - American radical leftist
    * Weather Underground militant organization
    * 1981 Brink's robbery suspect & murder convict
    * Eventual Columbia University professor
    * Extremely lengthy editorial with a few photos
    * LAST ONE IN INVENTORY ***


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  • 1983 "Rick Business" opening day & "The Cure" ads...
    Item #713942
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 9, 1983

    * "Risky Business" advertisement
    * Grand opening day movie premiere
    * Teen coming-of-age film - Tom Cruise
    * The Cure - English rock band ad


    Page 49 has a 12 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day of the film "Risky Business" (see... Read full description  
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  • 1980 Stars Wars & The Shining movies opening day...
    Item #713941
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 26, 1980

    * The Empire Strikes Back - Star Wars: Episode V
    * Opening week film review and movie advertisement

    * "The Shining" opening week advertisement
    * Jack Nicholson psychological horror
    * Third week for "Friday the 13th" ad
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  • Al 'Scarface' Capone put in solitary confinement...
    Item #713937
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 15, 1935

    * Al 'Scarface' Capone - Chicago Beer baron 
    * Put in solitary confinement for fighting
    * Alcatraz Prison - San Francisco Bay


    The front page has a  one column heading: "Capone 4 Days In Solitary For Fight At Prison". (see image) Nice to have from the city where he... Read full description  
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  • 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor warning ?....
    Item #713923
    NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 3, 1943

    * Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii warning
    * Joseph Grew warned the State Department


    The front page has a two column heading: "Japan's Plans Long Known, '31-'41 State Papers Reveal" Lengthy text continues on page 36. This was when this report was first made public to the American citizens.
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  • Battle of Vella Lavella in 1943...
    Item #713922
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 9, 1943

    * Naval Battle of Vella Lavella
    * Solomons Islands - Pacific Campaign


    The top of the front page has a five column headline:
    "U.S. SHIPS SINK JAPANESE CRUISER AND 2 DESTROYERS IN SOLOMONS" with subheads that include: "2 More Enemy Ships Hit and Others Flee From Vella Gulf Carnage" and more... Read full description  
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  • Battle of Shanghai (Bloody Saturday) in 1937...
    Item #713901
    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 28, 1937

    * Battle of Shanghai, China
    * Imperial Japanese Army
    * "Bloody Saturday" bombings


    The front page has a banner headline: "BULLETS STRIKE U. S. REFUGEE LINER" with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with 36 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins, generally good.
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  • Review & premiere of "Uncle Buck", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #713900
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 16, 1989

    * Best "Uncle Buck" movie advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day premiere review
    * American comedy film - John Candy


    A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Uncle Buck" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the... Read full description  
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  • James T. Scales lynching...  Pikeville, TN...
    Item #713899
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. November 24, 1944 

    * James T. Scales, Pikeville, Tennessee lynching 
    * Great World War II coverage vs. Japanese

    The front page has one column heading: "NEGRO TRUSTEE SLAIN BY MOB" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on the lynching of Negro teen James T. Scales in Pikeville,... Read full description  
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  • The Birdcage, Fargo, Executive Decision & more - in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #713889
    CALENDAR section only of the Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1996 (Calendar section)

    * Full-page premier ads for The Birdcage, Fargo, Executive Decision, Homeward Bound II

    An issue on the premiere of the motion picture hits "The Birdcage", "Fargo", "Executive Decision" (1... Read full description  
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  • John Dillinger Gang hunted.... Tommy Carroll...
    Item #713885
    THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, June 8, 1934

    * John Dillinger gang
    * Tommy Carroll killed


    The front page has a one column heading: "DILLINGER GUNNER MEETS WATERLOO" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on American bank robber Tommy Carrol being shot & killed by police.
    Complete with 24 pages, light... Read full description  
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  • Rumrunner Larry Fay assassination....
    Item #713883
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 2, 1933

    * Rumrunner Larry Fay killed
    * Prohibition era rum-running
    * NYC bootlegger - gangster


    The front page has a one column heading: "Racketeer Fay of N. Y. Slain at Night Club" Related photo on the back page (see images)
    Complete with 52 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
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  • `945 Kamikaze attack on USS William D. Porter...
    Item #713882
    MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, July 5, 1945

    * Japanese Kamikaze suicide attacks
    * USS Twiggs & USS William D. Porter
    * United States Navy Destroyers
    * Battle of Okinawa - Japan


    The top of page 3 has a two column heading: "Jap Aerial Attacks Sink 2 Destroyers" (see images) Coverage on the Japanese Kamikaze attack on the USS... Read full description  
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  • Japanese Army & Navy Generals ousted in 1944...
    Item #713877
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 22, 1944

    * Admiral Osami Nagano
    * Imperial Japanese Navy
    * Field Marshall Hajime Sugiyama
    * Hideki Tojo removes both officers
    * World War II - WWII


    The top of the front page has six column headlines that include: "JAPANESE ARMY AND NAVY CHIEFS OUSTED" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on... Read full description  
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  • 1942 Doolittle raid of Japan....
    Item #713873
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, April 21, 1942

    * The famous Doolittle raid of Japan
    * U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers
    * USS Hornet aircraft carrier


    The front page has a one column heading: "Raiders Came From Carriers, Tokyo Says". (see images) This was the famous Doolittle raid on Japan. It was not known at the time that James... Read full description  
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  • Death of Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor...
    Item #713871
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 3, 1964

    * Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor
    * Lady Astor death - 1st report w/ photo
    * First Woman member of British Parliament


    Near the bottom of the front page has a one column photo with heading: "LADY ASTOR DIES; SAT IN COMMONS" First report coverage continues on page 85 with another related photo. Lengthy... Read full description  
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  • Jimmy Doolittle becomes WWII General....
    Item #713868
    NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 23, 1942

    * James 'Jimmy' Doolittle becomes a General
    * Post Doolittle raid on Japan
    * World War II - WWII


    The front page has a one column heading: "Doolittle Promoted To Brigadier General" (see image). Interesting he received this honor just a few days after his famous air raid on Japan but... Read full description  
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  • 1989 iconic Michael Jordan's "The Shot" photo...
    Item #713866
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 9, 1989

    * Michael Jordan's "The Shot" iconic photo
    * Chicago Bulls folklore - NBA basketball


    The top of page 7 of the sport's section of the May 9th issue has the iconic photo showing Jordan just after "The Shot", a buzzer beater shot by Jordan that gave the Bulls a victory over the... Read full description  
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  • NASCAR driver Davey Allison killed...
    Item #713865
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 14, 1993

    * Davey Allison's helicopter crash
    * NASCAR Cup Series driver killed
    * Alabama Gang - No. 28 Ford


    The front page of the sport's section has a one column heading: "Alabama Gang Has Lost Another" with subhead and small photo of Allison. (see images) First report coverage continues inside with... Read full description  
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  • Knute Rockne killed in 1931... terrific headline..
    Item #713864
    THE DETROIT NEWS, March 31, 1931 

    * Knute Rockne killed(1st report)
    * Notre Dame head football coach
    * Terrific headline for display
    * Early, same day breaking coverage


    The fantastic large, bold banner headline announces: "ROCKNE KILLED" with subheads and photo of Rockne. Terrific for display. This is definitely the... Read full description  
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  • Detroit Lions very 1st football game in 1934...
    Item #713861
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 24, 1934

    * Detroit Lions very 1st football game
    * NFL - National Football League


    Page 16 has a small and discrete one column heading: "Detroit, 9; Giants, 0" (see image)
    I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
    Complete with 36 pages,... Read full description  
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  • 1942 Battle of Bataan ends w/ fall to Japanese....
    Item #713860
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 10, 1942

    * Battle of Bataan ends
    * Allies surrender to Japanese
    * Philippines Campaign
    * World War II - WWII


    The front page has a nice banner headline: "BATAAN EPIC ENDS AS JAPANESE HORDES OVERWHRLM U.S. SOLDIERS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. This Japanese capture would... Read full description  
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  • Flight 66 JFK Airport 1975 airplane crash....
    Item #713858
    THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C., June 25, 1975

    * Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 crash
    * Boeing 727 jet airplane
    * John F. Kennedy International Airport


    The front page has a banner headline: "109 Perish in Fiery Jet Crash Near New York's JFK Airport" with subhead and related photo. (see images) Much more on page... Read full description  
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  • Independence Day 1926...
    Item #713856
    CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, March 17, 1935 (Picture Section only)

    * Great illustration of "St. Patrick"

    The cover is a full-page image: "St. Patrick", being a commemorative painting of St. Patrick driving snakes out of Ireland. Additional timely photographs and short stories are found throughout. See images for details.
    The complete... Read full description  
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  • Great issue on the 1919 Chicago "Black Sox" scandal...
    Item #713853
    BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Sept. 29, 1920  

    * Chicago White "Black" Sox
    * World Series Scandal breaks
    * Players suspended from team
    * Pitcher Eddie Cicotte confession
    * Shoeless Joe Jackson confession


    The top of the ftpg. has column heads on the infamous "Black Sox" scandal with: "BASEBALL PLOT... Read full description  
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  • 1927 Nanking (Nanjing) incident... China...
    Item #713851
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, March 26, 1927

    * Nanking incident of 1927
    * Nanjing, China evacuation - rescue
    * National Revolutionary Army (NRA)


    The top of the front page has a nice banner headline in bold lettering: "GET YANKS OUT OF NANKING" with subheads and related illustration. (see images) Nice for display.
    Complete 1st section only... Read full description  
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  • Babe Ruth's 1st hit after leaving Yankees...
    Item #713848
    SPORTS SECTION only of The Omaha Bee-News, Nebraska, March 10, 1935

    * Babe Ruth gets very 1st hit in debut with Boston Braves
    * Preseason game in Florida after leaving New York Yankees


    The front page of this section has a nice banner heading: "Babe Ruth Hits Single First Time Up in Debut as Brave" with subheads. (see images)... Read full description  
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  • Premiere of "Avatar", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #713846
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 18, 2009

    * Best "Avatar" film advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day movie premiere
    * Epic science fiction - James Cameron


    A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Avatar" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the... Read full description  
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  • 1996 death of George Burns...
    Item #713845
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 10, 1996

    * Comedian actor George Burns death

    The front page has a two column heading: "George Burns, Comedy's Elder Statesman, Dies" with subhead and three related photos. Nice to have the home of the film industry.
    Complete 1st section with all 28 pages, nice condition.
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  • Lou Graham wins 1975 U.S. Open...
    Item #713844
    THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. June 24, 1975

    * Lou Graham wins U.S. Open golf championship
    * Medinah Country Club - Illinois


    The front page has a photo with small heading: "The Open Champion" (see image)
    The top of page 11 has a heading: "Graham Image Intact In Open Playoff Win" and more with photo. More on page 14.
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  • Churchill's famous: "This was their finest hour..." speech...
    Item #713843
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 19, 1940 

    * This was their finest hour
    * Winston Churchill speech
    * World War II - WWII


    The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "CHURCHILL DARES GERMAN ARMY TO INVADE ENGLAND'" with subhead. (see) This was Churchill's famous speech to the House of Commons in which he... Read full description  
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  • Ku Klux Klan in 1925 Southern Illinois...
    Item #713838
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE,  Jan. 29, 1925

    * Ku Klux Klan - KKK in Southern Illinois
    * Herrin, Williamson County - S. Glenn Young


    Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "KLANSMAN TO GUARD TOMB OF S. GLENN YOUNG FOR ONE YEAR" with subhead. (see images)
    Complete with 14 pages, some small binding holes along the... Read full description  
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  • 1965 Stan Laurel death.... famed comedy actor...
    Item #713836
    FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., February 24, 1965

    * Stan Laurel death (1st report)
    * Laurel and Hardy comedy duo fame


    The top of page 22 has a two column heading: "Comedian Stan Laurel Taken By Death At 74" (see images) First report coverage on the death of of famed American comic actor, Stan Laurel, known for the Laurel and Hardy... Read full description  
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  • 1948 Battle of Haifa... Jews victorious...
    Item #713832
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 22, 1948

    * Battle of Haifa - Mandatory Palestine
    * Operation Bi'ur Hametz - Haganah
    * Jewish - Jews - Judaica - Arabs


    The front page has a two column heading: "25,000 Arabs Flee City As Haifa Battle Begins" with subhead. (see images)
    Complete with 28 pages, light toning and minor wear at the... Read full description  
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  • 1939 Wizard of Oz debut... opening day...
    Item #713831
    THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, August 22, 1939

    * "The Wizard of Oz" film premiere
    * Opening week movie advertisement
    * Judy Garland and more


    Page 6 has a nice advertisement in early film history. See images for the 9 1/2 x 2 inch ad for the opening week of the film "The Wizard of Oz" in New Orleans. This particular ad has... Read full description  
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  • 1965 Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights movement...
    Item #713830
    THE DETROIT NEWS, April 2, 1965

    * Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. going nationwide ?
    * Post Selma to Montgomery, Alabama civil rights movement marches


    The front page has a one column heading: "King Plans Rights Drive in All U.S." (see images) After the Selma to Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marches, King... Read full description  
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  • Sigmund Freud escapes Nazi Germany in 1938...
    Item #713829
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 6, 1938

    * Austrian Jew Sigmund Freud escapes Nazism
    * Escaping Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany
    * Founder of psychoanalysis - neurologist
    * Flies from Vienna to Paris to London


    The top of page 10 has a two column heading: "Freud Consoled by U. S. Envoy on Flight to Exile in London" (see images)
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  • Siege of Budapest ends w/ capture... General Patton...
    Item #713824
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 14, 1945

    * Siege - Battle of Budapest ends w/ capture - Hungary
    * Post-Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton


    The front page has a nice banner headlines: "BUDAPEST IS TAKEN AT COST OF 159,000 TO FOE"& "BRITISH CLEAR REICHSWALD, PATTON PUSHES ON" with subheads and related... Read full description  
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  • 1968 The Doors, The Who & Jimi Hendrix...
    Item #713739
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 11, 1968

    * The Doors - The Who - Jimi Hendrix Experience
    * New York Rock Festival - Singer Bowl in Queens
    * Rock bands concert performances advertisement


    Page 24 has a 6 x 4 inch advertisement for "The New York Rock Festival" which featured "The Doors", The... Read full description  
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  • 1983 "Flashdance" opening day film advertisement...
    Item #713738
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, April 12, 1983

    * "Flashdance" film advertisement
    * Grand opening day movie
    premiere
    * American romantic drama dance film

    * Actress Jennifer Beals

    Page 51 has a 10 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day of the film "Flashdance" (see images)
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  • 1982 "QUEEN" concert ad & "Tron" movie review...
    Item #713737
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, July 20, 1982

    * Queen - British rock band
    * Madison Square Garden MSG
    * "Hot Space" concert advertisement
    * Freddie Mercury - Brian May

    * "Tron" film - movie premiere review
    * Science fiction action-adventure cult classic


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