Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century

THE RALEIGH TIMES, Oct. 31, 1966

• Ku Klux Klan - KKK in N.C.
• James Robertson "Bob" Jones

The front page has a three column heading: "Dragon Jones Says 'Idiots' Boycott Store" with lead-in: "'Don't

ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 26, 1933

• Raising price of Gold
• Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

The top of the front page has a three column headline: "PRICES RISE WITH GOLD; MINE

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 15, 1968

• Anti-Vietnam War demonstrations advertisement
• Democratic Party National Convention in Chicago

Page 19 has a full page

PARADE magazine section only of the Detroit Free Press, Sept. 27, 1959

• Asian actress Nobu MaCarthy color cover photo
• Post World War II era Japanese Woman in Hollywood

The front page of this section

PICTURE SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Nov. 24, 1935

• Illustrator William James Aylward
• "LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS"
• Vibrant color illustration - print

The front page of this photo section

SUN-TIMES, Chicago, May 10, 1980

• Tampa's Bay's Sunshine Skyway Bridge collapse
• Freighter MV Summit Venture collision

The front page has a banner headline: "Ship slams bridge, 32 plunge to death" with

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 27, 1936

• Early Helium filled balloons w/ photo
• Father Diedrich Knickerbocker mishap
• Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade - balloons

The top of 3 has a one column heading: "GIANT

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 8, 1975

• Early KISS - American hard rock band
• "Alive!" tour performance advertisement
• Ace Frehley - Gene Simmons - Paul Stanley
• Memorial

DER TAGES SPIEGEL--EXTRABLATT, Berlin, Germany, November 10, 1989   This four page "Extra" edition is devoted to the opening of the Berlin Wall. The entire front page is a huge photo of people

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, August 21, 1955

• Arnold Palmer "The King" wins
• His very 1st victory on the PGA tour
• American professional golfer (rookie season)

The front page of the sport's section

THE PARSONS SUN, Kansas, September 13, 1962

• John F. Kennedy JFK Rice University speech
• Space race vs. Russia - Going to the moon ?

The top of page 2 has a two column heading: "'Theme in Space: We

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM April 12, 1938

• Jackie Coogan sues his mother
• Hollywood child actor star
• Uncle Fester - The Addams Family fame
• California Child Actor's Bill prelude

The bottom of the front page

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 25, 1945

• Clark Air Base - Field captured
• Luzon Island, Philippines
• World War II - WWII
• Pacific Air Forces take over

The front page has nice banner headline: "M'ARTHUR MEN

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE January 26, 1935.

• SS Mohawk shipwreck
• Ward Line ocean liner
• New Jersey coast collision
• Charles Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Trial
• Bruno Hauptmann takes the stand

The front page has a

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 28, 1986 (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

Sunday CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Aug. 13, 1995

• Courtney Love - American singer & guitarist
• Alternative & grunge rock music - Hole (band)

Often revered as the undisputed "bible"

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 24 1991

• Jeffrey Dahmer arrested (1st report)
• American killer - Milwaukee cannibal

Page 2 has a photo with small heading: "Grisly Crime Scene"
And top of page 14 has a one

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 4, 1991 (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

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 26, 1967

• Early Bob Dylan & his electric guitar

The front page has a heading: "Brecht of the Juke Box, Poet of Electric Guitar"  with lead-in:

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 8, 1983 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf) featuring a

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., January 31, 1939

• Hitler calls for Jewish extermination

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "HITLER PLEDGES GERMANY WILL SUPPORT ITALY IN ANY WAR;

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 18, 1963

• Interracial marriages increase
• Civil Right movement era

The front page has a piece by Fred Powledge on the increase of interracial marriages during the Civil Rights

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1961

• U.S. Air Force Major Robert M. White
• Rocket powered North American X-15  jet
• 1st time Mach 4 achieved - 4x speed of sound

The front page has a four column heading:

THE NEW YORK TIMES. Oct. 22, 1952

• Battle of Triangle Hill
• Sniper Ridge - Korean War

The front page has a two column heading: "Swaying Korea Battle Rages For Key 'Sniper Ridge' Post". (see

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Oct. 31, 1932

• London, England hunger & unemployment marches & riots
• National Unemployed Workers' Movement (NUWM)

The front page has a nice banner headline: "LONDON MOB RIOTS AT

Sunday CALENDAR SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, Oct. 23, 1994

• MADONNA editorial in social media
• Singer - songwriter - actress & more
• "Queen of Pop" solo career future ?

Often revered as the

THE DAILY MAIL, Anderson, South Carolina, November 22, 1963

• Terrific issue for display
• JFK John F. Kennedy assassination

I believe this to be an "extra" edition put out very quickly to announce: "KENN

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 10, 1931

• Scottsboro Boys found guilty - death sentences
• Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls

The front page has a one column heading: "Eight

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Jan. 10, 1946

• General Masaharu Homma
• Bataan Death March trial
• Japanese atrocities to POWs
• Manila, Philippines

The front page has a one column heading: "Homma Grins as GI Tells of

GRAPHIC section of the Detroit Free Press, July 29, 1951

• Hollywood actress & singer Jane Powell

This section contains entertainment related material throughout with a front page color photo of

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 25, 1985 (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

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 25, 1985 (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

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 25 (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

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., April 8, 1931

• Autogyro plane altitude record
• Aviatrix Amelia Earhart

The front page has a one column heading: "Amelia Putnam Tries Gyro Record" with subhead. (see

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 14, 1978

• John the Baptist & the prophet Elisha
• Coffins found in Egyptian monastery

The front page has a one column heading: "Coffin of John the Baptist Is Unsealed" (see

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Nov. 3, 1985 (an original vintage newspaper leaf from the Calendar section)  This offering consists of four complete pages (two double-sided sheets on one single leaf) featuring a

DAILY NEWS, New York, NY, February 27, 1993

• 1st attack on World trade Center

The front page has a nice headline: "NEW YORK'S DAY OF TERROR" with related photo and subhead. (see) Much more on the

NEW YORK POST, Oct. 6, 1939

• Adolf Hitler's speech to the Reichstag
• At the Kroll Opera House in Berlin
• Peace offer w/ demands  to Western allies ?

Above the masthead is a banner heading that reads:

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 9, 1938

• Lou Gehrig's last contract
• Health failure nears
• Joe DiMaggio wants more also
• New York Yankees baseball

The sport's section (page 31) has a four column heading: "Yanks

B.Z., Berlin, West Germany, November 11, 1989

• Historic Berlin Wall falls in Berlin newspaper

The front page features in large, dramatic fashion an historic headline: "WIR DANKEN ALLE GOTT ! " which

SUNDAY GRAPHIC section of the Detroit Free Press, April 17, 1949

• Hollywood actress Joanne Dru
• Easter Sunday color photo

This section contains entertainment related material throughout with a front

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. Sept. 21, 1950

• United States U.S. Marines Corps
• Siege of Seoul, South Korean War

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "U. S. MARINES CRASH INTO SEOUL AS

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 16, 1949

• Pope Pius XII's second encyclical
• Jerusalem Israel & Palestine ordeal
• Jews - Jewish - Judaica - Arabs

The front page has a two column heading: "Pope Asks Israel

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Oct. 20, 1994

• Hamas - Palestine terrorist suicide bombing

*Dizengoff Street bus attack in Tel Aviv. Israel

• Jews - Jewish - Anti-Middle East peace process

The front page has a

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 8, 2002

• Hamas - Palestine terrorist suicide bombing
• Sheffield Club - Rishon LeZion, Israel - Jews

The front page has a headline: "Bombing Sends Sharon Home" with subhead:

SPORT'S SECTION only of the Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2002

• NBA All-Star Jayson Williams arrested

The front page of this has a heading: "Fatal Mistake" with subhead and related photo. More on page 8

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass, Sept. 4, 1934

• Aviator Doug Davis killed
• Air Racer - barnstorming
• Thompson Trophy airplane race

The top of the front page has a three column heading: "Doug Davis Crashes to

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Sept. 3, 1934

• "Rabbit Maranville Day" at Braves Field
• Boston Braves ML baseball icon & manager

The top of the front page has a two column photo with heading: "Maranville Is

THE DETROIT NEWS, December 5, 1956

• Paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish college football

Page 75 has a two column heading:: "Heisman Trophy Goes to Hornung" with photo. (see

THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 3, 1950

• Rose Bowl: Ohio State Buckeyes vs. California Golden Bears
• Orange Bowl: Santa Clara vs. Kentucky Wildcats
• Sugar Bowl: Oklahoma Sooners vs. LSU Tigers
• Cotton Bowl: