Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century
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Item #725286THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 21, 1935
* re. Jehovah's Witnesses students being expelled
* A plan for non-flag oaths "Kingdom Schools"
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students
Page 16 has a small one column heading: "Plans 'Non-Oath' School" with subhead. (see... Read full description -
Item #725285CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 10, 1926
* Push to end U.S. Prohibition
* Re-legalize beer - alcohol
* American Federation of Labor
* U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
The front page has a nice banner headline: "UNITED LABOR DEMANDS BEER" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display for any tavern or home bar.
When it comes to gangsters,... Read full description -
Item #725284CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 4, 1926
* Aerial bombardment of Peking
* Warlord era in China - Zhang Zuolin
* Anti-Fengtian War
The front page has a banner headline: "BOMB PEKING; PERIL ENVOYS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete 1st section only with all 16 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #725283DAILY WORKER, New York, Feb. 27, 1956
* Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
* Civil Rights movement leaders arrested
* Reverend Adam Clayton Powell speaks out
This publication, The Worker, represents the official voice and ideological "mouthpiece" of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) during one of the most volatile periods of the Cold... Read full description -
Item #725245THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 5, 1979
* Iran Hostage Crisis begins
* Radical Iranian students mob
* United States - U.S. Embassy
* Islamic Revolution fervor
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "TEHRAN STUDENTS SEIZE U.S. EMBASSY AND HOLD HOSTAGES" with subheads and related... Read full description -
Item #725244SUN-TIMES, Chicago, April 26, 1980
* Operation Eagle Claw
* Iran Hostage Crisis
* U.S. rescue attempt fails
The front page has a headline that reads: "Won't give up efforts on hostages--Carter" and more with two related photos. Much more on the following pages, loads of text.
Complete in 84 pages, tabloid size, nice... Read full description -
Item #725243LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 3, 1986
* TWA Flight 840 to Athens, Greece
* Plastic explosives bombing disaster
* Abu Nidal Organization - terrorists
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "Bomb Blast Kills 4 on TWA Flight" with subheads and related photo. (see... Read full description -
Item #725202LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 7, 1987
* "Who's That Girl" & "Master of the Universe"
* Grand Opening Day movie premieres
* American screwball comedy & superhero films
* Madonna as Nikki Finn & Dolph Lundgren
A terrific issue on the premieres of the motion picture films ... Read full description -
Item #725201LOS ANGELES TIMES, Aug. 15, 1984
* Best "Woman in Red" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* Romantic comedy - Stevie Wonder song fame
* Actor & director Gene Wilder
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Woman in Red", which includes a full-page... Read full description -
Item #725200THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, Oct. 16, 1978
* "Queen" North America concert tour
* "Jazz" album tour - Freddie Mercury
* Concerts at Madison Square Garden advertisement
* MISSING THE FRONT & BACK PAGES
Page 97 has a nice full page advertisement for "QUEEN" concerts at Madison Square Garden.
I suspect this to... Read full description -
Item #725198THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 30, 1969
* Early Led Zeppelin - English rock band
* First North American tour advertisement
* 1st New York City concert - Fillmore East
Page 32 has a historic 6 x 5 1/2 inch advertisement for a very early Led Zeppelin concert at the East Fillmore venue in Manhattan. This was... Read full description -
Item #725193LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., May 26, 1955
* Udall, Cowley Co., Kansas
* F5 tornadoes disaster
* Blackwell, Oklahoma
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "Tornadoes Kill 74 As Areas Of Oklahoma And Kansas Hammered" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #725192THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, Nov. 12, 1952
* "General" William Jordan Bush death
* Last surviving Civil War Confederate soldier
* Company B of the 14th Georgia Infantry
The front page has a two column heading: "Last of General Lee's Soldiers in Georgia Dies at Age of 107" (see images)
Complete with 48 pages,... Read full description -
Item #725191LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., March 2, 1954
* United States Capitol shooting incident
* House of Representatives chamber - Congress
* Puerto Rican nationalists - Lolita Lebron
The front page has a banner headline: "CONGRESS ADDS 30 GUARDS TO CAPITOL" with subheads and photos of the victims. More on page 4.
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Item #725190THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 14, 1946
* Nuremberg trials - Germany - Nazis
* Hermann Goering takes the stand & testifies
* Highest ranking Nazi official doubles down
* Jewish holocaust - Atrocities against Jews
Near the bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Goering Defends Nazi Suppression From... Read full description -
Item #725186SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, January 8, 1941
* Robert Baden-Powell death
* Boy Scouts leader
* Scouting movement
The front page has a one column heading: "Baden-Powell, Soldier, Scout Founder, Dies" (see images)
Complete with 24 pages, archival mend at upper eight corner, small library... Read full description -
Item #725184MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, Nov. 24, 1940
* Minnesota Golden Gophers football
* Last game of season victory vs. Wisconsin
* Wins Big 10 & national championship
* Best publication to be had (very rare)
The front page of the sport's section (page 9) has a nice banner headline: "Gophers Win, 22 to... Read full description -
Item #725181THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 26, 1935
* Persecution of Jews in Germany surging
* Jewish holocaust about to grasp Europe
* Joseph Goebbels & the Nazi Party
The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "NAZIS PUSH DRIVES ON ALL THEIR FOES" with subheads. (see images) Other related reports on the same page.
Complete with 36... Read full description -
Item #725176THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. April 4, 1961
* "White Paper" statement
* Fidel Castro's Cuba
* Communist ties
The top of the front page, above the masthead has a banner headline: "U.S. Urges Cuba to Cut Communist Ties" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #725174THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 19, 1928
* Shortwave radio advancements
* Beam wireless telephone
* Transmission both ways
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Beam Radio receives Code and Speech at Once In Promising Tests of Two-Way Transmission" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #725170THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 8, 1942
* Battle of the Coral Sea is on
* Imperial Japanese verses U.S. Navy
* USS Lexington & Yorktown fame
* Pacific Ocean theater - aircraft carriers
The front page has a nice banner headline: "GREAT NAVAL AND AIR BATTLE RAGES IN PACIFIC" with subheads and related map. (see images)
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Item #725168NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 7, 1945
* Jewish holocaust coming to an end
* Extermination of Jews collapsing
* Russians gaining ground in Germany
Page 6 has a small one column heading: "A New Nazi Pogrom Upset by Russians" (see images) Also a photo on the same page showing Nazi propagandist Joseph... Read full description -
Item #725167THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 9, 1942
* Frank Sinkwich wins Heisman Trophy
* Georgia Bulldogs - NCAA college football
The sport's section (top of page 40) has a seven column headline: "Heisman Trophy Scroll Presented to Sinkwich at the Downtown A. C." with subheads and photo (see images) Always nice to have notable events... Read full description -
Item #725137COLOR COMIC STRIPS section only of The Detroit Free Press, Oct. 27, 1963
* 1st appearance of "Bamm Bamm" Rubble
* "The Flintstones" color comic strip
* "Stone age" animated comedy series
This section has several color comic strips which includes a page 4 "THE FLINTSTONES" strip with... Read full description -
Item #725132THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 8, 1951
* Southwest Airways Flight 7 disaster
* Douglas DC-3 airliner - airplane crash
* Refugio Pass - Santa Ynez Mountains
The front page hs a six column headline: "Airliner Crashes into Peak; State GI IS Among 22 Killed" with subhead. Related photo on page 8. (see images)
Complete with 50+ pages, light... Read full description -
Item #725130THE WORKER, New York, March 4, 1956
* Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott
* Civil Rights movement leaders arrested
* Martin Luther King Jr. - African Americans
This publication, The Worker, represents the official voice and ideological "mouthpiece" of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) during one of the most volatile periods... Read full description -
Item #725123THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 8, 1934
* Mock trial of Adolph Hitler
* Anti Nazis - Hitlerism rally
* Madison Square Garden - MSG
* American Jewish Congress - Jews
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "NAZIS 'CONVICTED' OF WORLD 'CRIME' BY 20,000 IN RALLY" with subheads. (see images)
Much more on pages 14... Read full description -
Item #725118THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 17, 1980
* Pre "Miracle on Ice" in Lake Placid
* U.S. Olympic hockey team vs. Norway
* 1980 Winter Olympics round-robin game
The top of the front has a three column photo with small heading: "U.S. Beats Norway in Olympic Hockey"
And page 3 of the sport's section has another three... Read full description -
Item #725109SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, Calif., February 28, 1991
* War in Iraq ends
* Desert Storm is over
The banner headline reads: "'THIS WAR IS BEHIND US'" with various subheads and two related photos. Nice for display. Much more on the inside pages. Loads of text.
Complete 1st section only with all 20 pages, minor margin wear, generally nice.
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Item #725106THE BOSTON POST, May 4, 1939
* Asian elephants Dutch & Hazel
* Franklin Park Zoo in Boston gift
* Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
The front page has a two column heading: "HUB GETS GIFT OF ELEPHANTS" with subhead. (see images) The page that has the... Read full description -
Item #725105THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, Oct. 11, 1915
* Boston Red Sox wins World Series game 3
* A young Babe Ruth on the team
* Philadelphia Phillies 1st ever W.S.
* Curse of the Bambino a few years away
The front page has a nice headline in red lettering above the masthead: "RED SOX BEAT PHILLIES, 2-1" with subhead and box... Read full description -
Item #725104LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 23, 1992
* Best "Scent of a Woman" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere & review
* American drama film - Actor Al Pacino
* 1st Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Actor
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Scent of a Woman" and perhaps no better... Read full description -
Item #725101LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 14, 1987
* Best "No Way Out" advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Political thriller film - Kevin Costner
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "No Way Out" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading... Read full description -
Item #725099CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, Oct. 20, 1929
* Illegal Aliens mass deportation
* Mexican Repatriation era in America
* Chicago gangland - gangsters era
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DEPORT 250 IN ARMED TRAIN" with subhead. (see images) Two related photos on page 5.
Complete 1st section only with 28 pages, rag... Read full description -
Item #725092USA TODAY, Dec. 24-25, 1984
* New York City Subway shooting
* Bernhard Goetz vigilante shootings
* 4 African American - black teenagers
* Self-defense or racism arguments ?
Page 3 has a one column heading:"NYC subway adds police after shootings" (see images) Not known at the time, Goetz would turn himself in nine... Read full description -
Item #725066SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, EXTRA, September 9, 1940
* The Blitz (1st Phase) (early report)
* Germany bombs London England
* World War II - WWII campaign
The front page has a nice headline: "LONDON AFIRE, HUNDREDS DIE!" with lead-in: "Nazis Use Super Bombs--", subheads and related photo. (see images) Nice... Read full description -
Item #725063LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 18, 1994
* Brazil wins 1994 FIFA World Cup of Soccer
* vs. Italy - penalty shoot-out - Rose Bowl
The front page has a three column headline: "Brazil Beats Italy for World Cup in Dramatic Penalty-Kick Showdown" with nice color photo. Much more in the sport's section, see images for portions. Nice... Read full description -
Item #725062THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 4, 1935
* Yreka, California lynching
* Sheriff Frank R. (Jack) Daw murder
* Clyde L. Johnson hanging
* Masked men lynch mob
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "BANDIT IS LYNCHED BY CALIFORNIA MOB" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in nice... Read full description -
Item #725003THE BETHLEHEM TIMES, Penn., Sept. 6, 1921
* Battle of Blair Mountain ending ?
* Mingo County coal wars - Logan Co.
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "FEDERAL TROOPS IN THE WEST VA. COAL FIELDS IN COMPLETE CONTROL THERE" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 12 pages, light toning and some wear at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #725002LOS ANGELES TIMES, Jan. 8, 1993
* Original "Leprechaun" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere
* American horror comedy - Warwick Davis
* Jennifer Aniston's 1st major role debut
* Best publication to be had ? (very rare as such)
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit ... Read full description -
Item #725001THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 30, 1935
* Secaucus, New Jersey Jehovah's Witnesses
* 11 year old Alma Hering expelled from school
* For refusing to salute the American flag in classroom
* Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society member
* Charles Taze Russell followers - Bible Students
The top of page 22 has a... Read full description -
Item #725000CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 5, 1938
* Adolph Hitler's State Visit to Rome, Italy
* The Sudetenland - Case Green (Fall Grün)
* The Axis - Anschluss - Pact of Steel
The front page has a nice banner headline: "'FREE HAND,' HITLER DEMAND" with subhead and related illustration.(see images)
Complete... Read full description -
Item #724996BOOK REVIEW SECTION only of the New York Times, March 14, 1976 Beginning on the front page of this section is a editorial on the death camps during the Jewish holocaust in World War II era Nazi Germany.
Compete book review section only with 40 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.
background: The March 14, 1976, front-page review of... Read full description -
Item #724995GRAPHIC SECTION only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, May 1, 1938
* Battle of Manila Bay (40th anniversary)
* Admiral George Dewey's victory
* United States Navy - Spanish-American War
The front page Commemorates the 40th anniversary of Admiral George Dewey's victory at the Battle of Manila Bay with his own account and related... Read full description -
Item #724994THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1935
* Ivan the Terrible
* Torture chambers found
* Grand Prince of Moscow
* 1st Tsar of Russia
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Ivan the Terrible's Torture Court Found Under Moscow by Excavators for Subway" (see images)
Complete in 42 pages, this is the rare rag... Read full description -
Item #724993THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, June 12, 1967
* Tampa, Florida (Central Ave.) riots of 1967
* "Long Hot Summer" civil rights unrest
* African Americans & police brutality
The front page has a one column heading: "Negroes Burn, Loot in Tampa" (see images)
Complete with 6 pages, some small binding holes along the... Read full description -
Item #724992THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 27, 1928
* Laura Hawkins Frazer death (1st report)
* Childhood sweetheart of Mark Twain - Samuel Clemens
* "Becky Thatcher" The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Page 4 has a one column heading: "'Becky Thatcher' Dies in Hannibal" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 20 pages, light toning... Read full description -
Item #724991THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., December 26, 1928
* Aviatrix Amelia Earhart
* NYC sightseeing airplane flight
* Christmas Day w/ mother
The bottom of the front page has a two column heading: "Miss Earhart Gives Mother Ride in 'Rubberneck' Plane" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 14 pages, light toning and a... Read full description -
Item #724990NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, Sept. 25, 1940
* Actress Marguerite Clark death
* Stage and silent films - movies
The front page has a three column heading: "Marguerite Clark Dies; Golden Girl of Silent Filoms" with subhead and two related photos. (see images)
Complete with 44 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the... Read full description -
Item #724970THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, June 13, 1967
* Thurgood Marshall appointed by the president
* 1st African American Supreme Court Justice
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Marshall Given Nod for Position On Court Bench"
Complete with 6 pages, some small... Read full description
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