Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century
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Item #724077LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 12, 1980 (Front and Calendar Sections)
* Premier and ad for "Popeye"
* Premier ad for "Tess" and "Stir Crazy"
* Ads for multiple additional blockbuster movies from 1980
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture classics: "Stir Crazy", "Popeye", and "Tess" - all with full-page ads. ... Read full description -
Item #724074THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1938
* Dictators Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini
* Pre World War II meeting in Rome, Italy
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "MUSSOLINI GREETS HITLER IN A RESPLENDENT ROME; 300,000 APPLAUD VISITOR" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage continues inside with two... Read full description -
Item #724073LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 12, 2003
* Death of iconic coach Herb Brooks
* "Miracle on Ice" at Lake Placid fame
* U.S. Olympic hockey team vs. Soviets
The front page of the sport's section has a heading: "Hockey Legend Dies" with subhead and two related photos. (see images)
Complete with all major sections... Read full description -
Item #724072LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 21, 1987
* Oakland Raiders announce move to Irwindale
* Plan never materialized due to several reasons
* NFL - National Football League
The top of of the front page has a headline that reads: "L.A. Officials Angry Over Raiders' Move to Irwindale" with subhead and two related... Read full description -
Item #724070CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Aug. 12, 1940
* Battle of Britain
* London bombings
* WWII Nazi bombers
The top of the front page has a banner headline: "BRITAIN FIGHTS 400 RAIDERS; Great Air Battles Rage Over 300 Miles of Channel Coast" with subheads. (see images) Related map is on page 2.
Complete with all 30 pages, some archival mending throughout,... Read full description -
Item #724069THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 16, 1980
* Eric Heiden wins 1st gold medal
* Track speed skating
* 1980 Winter Olympics
* Lake Placid, New York
The front page has a one column heading: "Heiden Wins" with subhead and related photo. (see images) More in the sport's section.
Complete with 46 pages, light toning along the central... Read full description -
Item #724068THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 21, 1986
* "The Color of Money" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere in NYC
* American sports drama (billiards - pool)
* Tom Cruise - Paul Newman - Martin Scorsese
Page 61 has a 8 x 4 3/4 inch advertisement for the opening day... Read full description -
Item #724067THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 13, 1987
* Aerosmith - American hard rock band advertisement
* Frontman Steven Tyler & guitarist Joe Perry
* "Permanent Vacation" album tour
* Nassau Coliseum & Meadowlands Arena concerts
Page 83 has a full page advertisement for upcoming... Read full description -
Item #724066THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 19, 1970
* Huey P. Newton & the Black Panthers Party
* "Free Huey!" campaign - protest demonstration
* re. the shooting death of a Chicago police officer
The front page has a heading: "Rage of the Panthers: The Ghetto on Trial" with 3 related photos. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #724064EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 18, 1903
* Krusevo, North Macedonia massacre
* Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising
* Ottoman Empire - Bulgarians
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "MASSACRE OF MUSSULMANS" with subhead. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era.... Read full description -
Item #724063LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, War Extra, June 23, 1941
* Germany vs. Russia - 1st Day
* Operation Barbarossa
* World War II, WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RUSS ATTACK PRUSSIA!; Germany Claims 40 Red Planes Downed; Starts Drive for Wheatlands of Ukraine" with subhead related photo. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete... Read full description -
Item #724060THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 1, 1931
* Broadway actor William "Stage" Boyd
* Police raid on party w/ illegal drugs & alcohol
* Hollywood actor William "Hopalong" Boyd blame
The top of page 4 has a one column heading: "HOLLYWOOD POLICE RAID ACTOR'S PARTY" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 32... Read full description -
Item #724058THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-- "Second Extra", Nov. 22, 1963
* Bizarre JFK - John F. Kennedy assassination issue
This “Second Extra” edition has a curious–if not macabre–combination of headline and photo.
As would be expected of an “Extra” of this date, the large & bold headline proclaims: “KENNEDY KILLED” but immediately beneath it is... Read full description -
Item #724057ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, March 29, 1929
* Tommy Loughran wins (1st report)
* vs. Mickey Walker - "Toy Bulldog"
* Boxing - light heavyweight title fight
The top of page 24 has a banner heading: "Loughran Retains Light Heavyweight Championship by Beating Walker" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Tommy Loughran defending his... Read full description -
Item #724053ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 24, 1930
* Gangster Joe Aiello assassination
* Sicilian Mafia leader - bootlegger
* Al 'Scarface' Capone rival
* Chicago gangland war
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "JOE AIELLO MOWED DOWN BY GANG FIRE" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with all... Read full description -
Item #724052ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, January 23, 1935.
* Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial
* Bruno Hauptmann & the ladder traced to him ?
The very top of the front page has a nice banner headline for display: "LADDER WOOD TRACED TO BRUNO'S HOME" with subheads. (see images) More on page 10.
Complete with 24... Read full description -
Item #724031ROTO LIVING magazine section of the Detroit Free Press, Feb. 5, 1956
* 17 year old actress Susan Strasberg
* 1956 magazine color cover photo
* Soon after her breakout role
* "The Diary of Anne Frank"
* Broadway stage adaption play
The front page of this section has a nice photo of American actress Susan... Read full description -
Item #724029THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 29, 1952
* Willie Mays "The Say Hey Kid"
* New York Giants baseball player
* Joins the United States Army (Korean War)
Page 22 has a editorial by New York Times sportswriter Arthur Daly: "Farewell to Willie" with smaller subheads and photo of Mays hanging up his jersey in the Giants locker room... Read full description -
Item #724028LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., November 15, 1947
* Jake LaMotta vs. Billy Fox
* Fixed boxing match - Mafia
* Middleweight fight at MSG
* Featured in 'Raging Bull' film
The sport's section (page 5) has a one column heading: "Fox Beats Lamotta In New York" (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #724027THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1934
* Billie Jean Parker & Floyd Hamilton
* Bonnie and Clyde gang members charged w/ murder
* The tipsters to law enforcement re. whereabouts ?
Page 16 has an article with small headings: "2 Of Barrow Gang Held" "Woman and Man Relative of Bandit Accused of Texas Killings" (see) First report... Read full description -
Item #724024CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 2, 1931
* Depression era "ICE" liken deportation raids
* Federal immigration enforcement actions
* Targeting illegal Chinese aliens in Chinatown
The front page has a displayable banner headline: "RAID CHINATOWN AND JAIL 42" with subhead. two related photos and heading are on the... Read full description -
Item #724022CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 8, 1946
* Kidnapping and murder of Suzanne Degnan
* Killed before ransom - Chicago 6 year old girl
The front page has a banner headline: "KIDNAPED GIRL FOUND SLAIN; DISMEMBERED, HID IN SEWER" with subheads. More on page 3 with a few related photos and maps. And the back page has a full page... Read full description -
Item #724017THE SPRINGFIELD DAILY REPUBLICAN, Mass., April 18, 1923.
* Historic Yankee Stadium OPENING DAY
* Babe Ruth would hit 1st home run as a Yankee
* "The House that Ruth Built" debut game (day of)
* New York Yankees in their infancy - MLB baseball
The top of page 15 has a four column heading: "AMERICAN LEAGUE UNDER... Read full description -
Item #724013LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 21, 1987
* Best "Dirty Dancing" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Romantic drama dance film - Patrick Swayze
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Dirty Dancing" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of... Read full description -
Item #724010THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Aug. 22, 1963
* Martin Luther King Jr. - civil rights movement
* March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
* Community notice for bus & train trips to the event
* MLK "I Have a Dream" speech fame
Page 7 has a full page notice headed: "Rally for Civil Rights" and more. This was a community effort to get New... Read full description -
Item #724007THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 8, 1941
* Mineo Osumi killed in airplane crash
* Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* During Second Sino-Japanese War
* Minister of the Navy of Japan
Page 4 has a two column heading: "Japanese Plane Crash Kills Admiral Osumi And Six Other Naval Officers in South China" (see images)
Complete... Read full description -
Item #724006LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 1, 1990
* Star running back Napoleon "Nip" Kaufman
* Lompoc High School - Santa Barbara County
* Future Washington Huskies & Oakland Raiders football
Page 2 of the sport's section has a three column heading: "Kaufman Is the Talk of Lompoc" with photo. (see images) This reads like a... Read full description -
Item #723999THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 8, 1945
* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Churchill - Stalin
* Yalta Conference re. Germany & post war Europe
* Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton
* Photos at Camp O'Donnell - "Bataan Death March"
The front page has a banner headline: "BIG 3 SET FINAL STEPS TO CRUSH... Read full description -
Item #723976THE DETROIT NEWS, March 25, 1937
* Salem, Marion County, Illinois
* Roller derby troupe bus crash disaster
The back page has two related photos concerning the Salem, Illinois bus tragedy involving a roller derby troupe. See images with brief text.
Complete with all 32 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
background: In... Read full description -
Item #723975FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, March 4, 1926
* Fitchburg high school boys basketball
* Undefeated regular season w/ team photo
* Eventual national champions in Chicago
The front page has a nice four column photo showing the 1926 Fitchburg High School boys basketball team with heading: "Fitchburg High's... Read full description -
Item #723974FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., June 25, 1959
* Charles Starkweather execution (day of)
* Girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate spree murders
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Starkweather Dies" with lead-in: "Doctor Stricken Fatally at Execution" with photos of Starkweather and his 14-year old girlfriend. (see images)
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #723973NEW YORK WORLD TELEGRAM, April 30, 1937.
* Nazi Germany Luftwaffe (air force) tested
* Aerial Bombing of Guernica - Spain Civil War
* Anti-war painting by Pablo Picasso fame
The front page has a two column heading: "Britain, France Investigate Nazi Role in Killing of 800" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 34 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #723972FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., February 27, 1926
* Tiger Flowers vs. Harry Greb
* 1st African-American middleweight champ
* Boxing - boxers - "The Georgia Deacon"
The sport's section (page 8) has a two column heading: "Tiger Flowers, Victim of Many Knockouts, Becomes a Champion". (see images)
Complete with 12 pages,... Read full description -
Item #723969LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 7, 1977
* Toccoa, Georgia dam disaster
* Toccoa Falls College tragedy
* Kelly Barnes Dam - Stephens County
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "37 Killed as Dam Bursts in Georgia" with subhead and two related photos. (see... Read full description -
Item #723968LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 2, 1989
* Best "No Holds Barred" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Hulk Hogan - Tiny Lister - Vince McMahon
* WWE professional wrestling action film
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "No Holds Barred" and perhaps no better issue could... Read full description -
Item #723958THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 21, 1930
* George Remus acquitted of murder
* Infamous "King of the Bootleggers"
* Prohibition era liquor smuggler
The front page has a one column heading: "REMUS ACQUITTED AS INSANE SLAYER" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 52 pages, light toning at the margins, a... Read full description -
Item #723956BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, Dec. 9, 1933
* United States officially ends prohibition
* Repeal of the 18th Eighteenth Amendment
* Beer & liquor returns for 1st time in 13 years
* Organized crime - gangster era speakeasies ending
The front page has three related articles regarding the recent end of prohibition in the United States with a... Read full description -
Item #723955SECTION TWO (sports) only of The Detroit News, Nov. 21, 1927
* University of Illinois Fighting Illini - NCAA football
* Declared 1927 Big Ten Conference champions
The front page of this section has a banner headline: "CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS HAILED AS 'STARLESS WONDERS'" with subheads. (see... Read full description -
Item #723950ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, November 10, 1936
* Battle of Madrid Spain begins
* Nationalists assault
* Spanish Civil War
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "REBELS DROP INCENDIARY BOMBS IN MADRID DURING HEAVY AERIAL ATTACK" with subheads. (see images) More on page 2 with related photo. Coverage on the beginning... Read full description -
Item #723933LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 6, 1989
* Iconic "Tank Man" photo in Tiananmen Square.
* Beijing, China protests and massacre defiance
The top of the front page has a headline that reads: "China Teeters on Edge of Civil War as Rival Forces Mobilize" with subhead. Also on the front page is the iconic photo of "Tank Man" during the Tiananmen Square... Read full description -
Item #723932CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 28, 1932
* Albert Einstein's "Unified field theory"
The top of page 14 has a one column heading: "EINSTEIN INJECTS NEW 'MATH' TERM INTO HIS THEORY" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in nice condition. A few small binding holes... Read full description -
Item #723929THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 10, 1952
* Brown vs. Board of Education
* Segregation in the South 1st argued
* Chief Council Thurgood Marshall
The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENT ON SEGREGATION" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 40 pages, light toning at the... Read full description -
Item #723926THE DETROIT NEWS Nov. 21, 1927
* Columbine Mine massacre
* Serene, Colorado - ghost town
* Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
* 1927-1928 Colorado Coal Strike
The front page has a one column heading: "I. W .W BATTLE POLICE AT MINE" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 22 pages, some small binding holes along the spine, light toning and a little wear at... Read full description -
Item #723904THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 7, 1939
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Jews being segregated
The front page has a one column heading: "REICH MAKES JEWS JOIN FOR SELF-CARE" with subhead: "All Placed in One Organization Running Schools and Relief--Speedier Migration Is Aim". (see images) Coverage on the ongoing Jewish... Read full description -
Item #723843THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., March 20, 1953
* Atomic bomb tests - Cold War w/ Russia
* Operation Upshot-Knothole - nuclear weapons
* "Doom Town" photos of destruction - "Annie"
The bottom of the front page has three related photos with heading: "Atom Detonation Turns $20,000 House Fiery Matchwood in 2 1-3 Seconds... Read full description -
Item #723842THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 14, 1971
* "Jesus Christ Superstar" rock opera
* English composer Andrew Lloyd Webber
* Iconic Broadway show - performance
* Opening day review - best publication (very rare)
The top of page 54 has the official review by Clive Barnes for the classic rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar" on... Read full description -
Item #723840SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, November 6, 1937
* Seabiscuit wins Riggs Handicap
* Pimlico Race Course - Baltimore
* Thoroughbred racehorse racing
The front page of the sport's section (page 19) has a one column heading: "Seabiscuit Recaptures Gold Title" with subhead. Related photo on page page 23. (see images)
Complete with all 28 pages,... Read full description -
Item #723839THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 12, 1940
* John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir death
* Scottish novelist, historian & Unionist politician
* 15th Governor General of Canada
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Lord Tweedsmuir Is Dead; A Third Operation Futile" with subhead. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues on page 2 with... Read full description -
Item #723838SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass. Oct. 11, 1953
* Oklahoma Sooners - NCAA college football
* 1st win of the iconic 47 game winning streak
* Coach Bud Wilkinson vs. Texas Longhorns
Page 4 of the sport's section has a one column heading: "OKLAHOMA SCORES EARLY TO DEFEAT TEXAS FOE, 19-14" with subhead. (see... Read full description -
Item #723836LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 5, 1989
* Ali Khamenei becomes Iran's Supreme Leader
* Following Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's death
* Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, China
The front page has a two column heading: "Iran Mourns; New Leader Is Chosen" with subhead: ... Read full description
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