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  • The 1928 kidnapping of little Billy Ranieri...
    Item #708245
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Sept. 16, 1928

    * Billy Ranieri kidnapped by the mafia
    * Chicago child Kidnapping
    * Best title to be had (rare)


    The front page has a five column heading: "Lombardo Deal in Kidnapping Barred" with subheads. (see images)

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  • THE WHO "Tommy Tour" Concerts ad (1969)...
    Item #708233
    THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, June 5, 1969

    * Early The Who - English rock band
    * "Tommy Tour" concerts advertisement
    * Fillmore East rock venue - Manhattan
    * Roger Daltrey - Pete Townsend - Keith Moon
    * Opening acts w/ Chuck Berry and more


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  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968 concert ad...
    Item #708230
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 21, 1968

    * The Jimi Hendrix Experience performance
    * American guitarist, singer and songwriter
    * Philharmonic Hall concert advertisement
    * 2nd Quaker City Rock Festival, Philadelphia


    Page 34 has a 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inch advertisement for "Jimi Hendrix Experience" ... Read full description  
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  • 1980 THE CARS & Grateful Dead concert ads...
    Item #708225
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 15-21, 1980

    * Early THE CARS - American rock band - Ric Ocasek
    * Madison Square Garden concert advertisement
    * The Grateful Dead - Halloween night concert ad
    * Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan


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  • 1969 Woodstock music festival revisited...
    Item #708223
    THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 25, 1969

    * Woodstock music festival on Max Yasgur's farm
    * Going back to Bethel, New York - revisited
    * "The Grateful Dead' plays at a NYC night club


    The top of page 25 has an heading: "The Undulating Hillside: Going Back to Bethel" Coverage continues on... Read full description  
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  • The Beatles & Maharishi in 1967...
    Item #708220
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 9, 1967

    * Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - The Beatles guru
    * Post "More popular than Jesus" remark
    * John Lennon - Paul McCartney

    * Transcendental Mediation Swami
    * New religious movement


    The front page has a heading: "What's New in America? Maharishi & Mediation" with... Read full description  
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  • 1968 THE WHO concert... The Beatles single release...
    Item #708216
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 28, 1968

    * Early The Who - English rock band
    * Roger Daltrey - Pete Townsend - Keith Moon
    * Baldwin Gym - Drew University concert ad
    * The Beatles


    Page 33 has a 4 x 4 inch advertisement for a early "THE WHO" concert at Drew University in Madison, New... Read full description  
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  • 1966 Timothy Leary and LSD acid trips...
    Item #708215
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 15, 1966

    * Timothy Leary - Allen Ginsberg - Ralph Metzer
    * "Illumination Of The Buddha" w/ photos
    * Psychedelic celebration at Village Theatre


    Page 28 has two photos during the "Illumination Of The Buddha" with two scenes on stage at the Village Gate. (see... Read full description  
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  • 1967 THE WHO & The Doors concert advertisements...
    Item #708213
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 16, 1967

    * Very early THE WHO - English rock band
    * Roger Daltrey - Pete Townsend - Keith Moon
    * Village Theatre concert advertisement

    * THE DOORS very early performance ad
    * American rock band - Jim Morrison
    * Assembly Hall - Hunter Collage (NYC)


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  • 1964 comic Lenny Bruce ad and conviction...
    Item #708211
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 26, 1964

    * Lenny Bruce - stand-up comedian - satirist ad
    * Conviction for obscenity comedy performance


    The top of the front page has a heading: "Lenny's Censors on the Couch - p.5"
    Page 5 has a heading: "The Bruce Conviction: A View from the Couch"... Read full description  
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  • Rehmeyer's Hollow murder...  Witchcraft...
    Item #708111
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 11, 1929 

    * Rehmeyer's (Hex) Hollow Murder
    * York, Pennsylvania - John Blymire


    The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "14 YEAR OLD BOY EXPLAINS PART IN WITCH SLAYING" with subhead. (see images)
    Complete with 44 pages, rag edition in great condition.
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  • 1981 Halloween II (John Carpenter)...
    Item #708107
    METRO/CALENDAR Section only of the Los Angeles Times, November 14, 1981

    * Halloween II (John Carpenter) advertisement

    Although not the premiere weekend (it's the 3rd weekend), this issue contains a hard-to-find ad for John Carpenter's Halloween II. The ad measures 6 1/2 x 3 inches. Due to its initial limited showing, such ads are uncommon,... Read full description  
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  • Teddy Roosevelt visits Keokuk, Iowa...
    Item #708073
    THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 1, 1907

    * President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
    * Keokuk, Iowa visit and speech
    * Development of the waterways


    The top of the front page has a banner headline: "PRES. ROOSEVELT AND SECRETARY TAFT" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the... Read full description  
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  • The Gavit 1931 list of known reprinted newspapers...
    Item #708068
    Booklet: "A List Of American Newspaper Reprints" compiled by Joseph Gavit, 1931.  A well known but seldom found booklet of 16 pages which begins: "This is an attempt to bring together, in one list, notes on all the complete separate reproductions of early or historic issues of American newspapers..." with a... Read full description  
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  • 1 yr. anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. murder...
    Item #708065
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, April 5, 1969

    * Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated
    * Civil rights movement leader
    * One year anniversary of murder


    The front page has a three column heading: "300 Join Tribune to Dr. King" and more with photo. (see images) More on page 6 with 2 more related photos.
    Complete with 36 pages, minor spine... Read full description  
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  • 1972 Andy Warhol movie World premiere...
    Item #708047
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 5, 1972

    * World premiere advertisement for the movie "Heat"
    * Andy Warhol & Paul Morrissey underground film -
    * Joe Dallesandro
    as "The Hustler" and Sylvia Miles

    Page 64 has a advertisement for the World premiere of "Heat", a Andy Warhol film... Read full description  
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  • Hebron massacre of 1929... Graf Zeppelin...
    Item #708046
    THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, August 27, 1929 

    * Hebron Massacre - murders
    * Palestine riots - Arabs vs. Jews
    * Western Wailing Wall
    * Graf Zeppelin around World flight
    * Historic aviation feat (airship)


    The front page has a three column heading: "Death List in Jew-Arab Melee Nears 200, Jerusalem Quiet But Uprisings Spread to... Read full description  
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  • 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd concert advertisement...
    Item #707982
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 20, 1977

    * Lynyrd Skynyrd - American Southern rock band
    * Pre Ronnie Van Zant airplane crash disaster
    * Upcoming area concerts advertisement
    * "Street Survivors Tour" - Nassau Coliseum


    Page 55 has a nice full page advertisement for upcoming "LYNYRD... Read full description  
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  • World premiere movie ad for 1979 "The Onion Field"...
    Item #707958
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 24, 1979

    * "The Onion Field" World premiere advertisement
    *  American neo-noir crime drama film  - movie
    * Actors John Savage and James Woods - Ted Danson debut


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  • 1954 Rocky Marciano KO's Ezzard Charles...
    Item #707956
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, Sept. 18, 1954

    * Rocky Marciano wins by knockout vs. Ezzard Charles
    * Heavyweight boxing title at Yankee Stadium

    The front page has a two column heading: "Marciano Retains Title With Knockout in 8th" with related photo. (see images) The top of page 28 has a three column heading: ... Read full description  
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  • 1979 Iranian Revolution ends w/ Ayatollah Khomeini victory...
    Item #707955
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 19, 1979

    * Iranian Revolution comes to an end
    * Ruhollah - Ayatollah Khomeini

    * Becomes Leader of the Revolution
    * Iranian Shia Islam religious leader


    The front page has a headline: "The Worst Domino" with related photo. (see images) This is an... Read full description  
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  • 1928 Walter Hagen cigarettes advertisement....
    Item #707954
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 7, 1928

    * Walter Hagen - PGA golfer
    * Lucky Strikes cigarettes ad


    Page 12 has a 17 x 10 inch advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes, promoted by golfing legend Walter Hagen.
    News, sports and other advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages, light toning at the margins, a few small binding slits along... Read full description  
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  • Early 1964 Newport Folk Festival ad... Bob Dylan...
    Item #707951
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 16, 1964

    * Newport Folk Festival - music concert
    * Year before Bob Dylan's electric controversy


    Page 9 has a early advertisement for the "Newport Folk Festival" in Rhode Island. This ad measures 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. (see image) This was a 4 day event and has... Read full description  
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  • 1972 Chicago rock band concert advertisement...
    Item #707949
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 27, 1972

    * Chicago - American rock band
    * Carnegie Hall concert advertisement


    Page 49 has a full page advertisement for "Chicago" concert performances at Carnegie Hall. (see images)
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  • 1979 premiere of "Cocaine Cowboys" advertisement...
    Item #707754
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 1, 1979

    * "Cocaine Cowboys" film advertisement
    * Grand opening day movie premieres
    * Crime drama - Andy Warhol - Jack Palance


    The back page has a full page advertisement for the opening day of the film "Cocaine Cowboys" (see images)
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  • 1979 "Jethro Tull" MSG concert ad...
    Item #707698
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 3, 1979

    * Jethro Tull - British rock band
    * Madison Square Garden concert ad
    * Aqualung album fame - MSG


    Page 63 has a 7 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement for a upcoming "Jethro Tull" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images)
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  • 1979 "The Cars" Central Park concert ad...
    Item #707697
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 27, 1979

    * Early THE CARS - American rock band - Ric Ocasek
    * Dr. Pepper Summer Music Festival - Central Park

    The back page has a advertisement for a "THE CARS" performance at the Dr. Pepper Music Festival in Central Park. (see images)
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  • Rebecca Latimer Felton appointed U.S. Senator.......
    Item #707695
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 4, 1922

    * Rebecca Latimer Felton
    * White supremacist & Democrat
    * 1st United States Woman senator
    * Historic political item


    The front page has a one column heading: "Woman of 87 U. S. Senator from Georgia" Small photo of Felton is on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on the... Read full description  
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  • 1979 premiere of "Hair" & "Twisted Sister" ads......
    Item #707694
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 12, 1982

    * "Hair" musical film advertisement
    * Grand opening day movie premiere
    * Anti-war comedy drama - Milos Forman
    * Very early Twisted Sister nightclub ad
    * American heavy metal rock band - Dee Snider


    Page 42 has a full page advertisement for the opening day... Read full description  
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  • 1982 beginning of new-school hip hop rap music...
    Item #707692
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 2, 1982

    * Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
    * Performance at the Ritz nightclub advertisement

    * Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music
    * DJ Scratching - vinyl record turntable moving


    Page 95 has a full page ad for various upcoming performances at the... Read full description  
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  • Published by & for prison inmates...
    Item #707574
    THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, June 6, 1914  

    * Published by prison inmates
    * Elmira Correctional Facility


    An interesting newspaper "Published Weekly by & for the Inmates of the N.Y.S. Reformatory at Elmira". as noted at the top of page 2.
    Varied content with "News Of The Week" taking a full page, plus other... Read full description  
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  • Published by & for prison inmates...
    Item #707573
    THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, May 30, 1914  An interesting newspaper "Published Weekly by & for the Inmates of the N.Y.S. Reformatory at Elmira". as noted at the top of page 2.
    Varied content with "News Of The Week" taking a full page, plus other tidbits. The entire back page is taken up with "Sporting News". The front page has a report... Read full description  

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  • 1979 Death of Sid Vicious... Sex Pistols...
    Item #707511
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 12, 1979

    * Sid Vicious - Sex Pistols punk rock band bassist & more
    * Drug overdose death - icon of the punk subculture (1970s)


    Page 46 has a photo showing Sid Vicious with heading: "Sid Vicious, 1957-1979" which is an editorial on his recent death. (see images) Great... Read full description  
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  • By famed attorney & politician William Jennings Bryan...
    Item #707479
    THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Nebraska, Feb. 17, 1905  As noted just under the title: "William J. Bryan, Editor & Proprietor". Bryan was an unsuccessful Democratic Presidential nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition in the 1920s, and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most... Read full description  

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  • Death of famed comedic actor John Candy...
    Item #707463
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 5, 1994

    * John Candy death (1st report)
    * Canadian actor - comedian
    * Hollywood movie - film comedy
    * Best title to be had ?


    The bottom of the front page has a heading: "Comic Actor John Candy Dies at Mexico Filming Site" with subhead: "Star of SCTV" and 'Planes, Trains & Automobiles'... Read full description  
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  • 1977 BLONDIE (Debbie Harry) concert advertisement...
    Item #707461
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 14, 1977

    * BLONDIE - Debbie Harry - American singer
    * Palladium Theatre concert & album advertisement


    Page 82 has a 8 x 5 inch advertisement for "BLONDIE" debut album and performance at the Palladium Theatre. (see images) This was prior to her 4 songs that... Read full description  
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  • 1971 Chicago rock band concert advertisement...
    Item #707459
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 14, 1971

    * Chicago - American rock band
    * Carnegie Hall concert advertisement


    Page 46 has a 7 1/2 x 5 advertisement for "Chicago" concert performances at Carnegie Hall. (see images)
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  • 1933 Adolph Hitler warning of 2nd revolution (WWII ?)...
    Item #707457
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 3, 1933

    * Chancellor Adolph Hitler
    * Warns of 2nd revolution
    * Pre Jewish Holocaust & WWII
    * Wanting full power in Nazi Germany


    The top of the front page is a one column heading: "HITLER IN WARNING FOR '2ND REVOLUTION'" with subheads. (see images) Was this the prelude to the Jewish... Read full description  
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  • 1954 Rocky Marciano KO's Ezzard Charles...  Billy Grahm "saves" gangster/boxer Mickey Cohen...
    Item #707455
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Sept. 18, 1954

    * Rocky Marciano wins by knockout vs. Ezzard Charles
    * Heavyweight boxing title at Yankee Stadium
    * Billy Grahm and gangster/boxer Mickey Cohen


    The top of the front page has a full-banner headline: "ROCKY KO'S CHARLES IN 8TH", with... Read full description  
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  • 1st New York - London telephone call...
    Item #707453
    BANGOR DAILY COMMERCIAL, Maine, January 7, 1927 

    * 1st America & England radio telephone call made 

    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "SCIENCE CONQUERS SPACE BY RADIO TELEPHONE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC" with subheads. (see images)
    Fourteen pages, tape mend on the front page (unrelated area, see image),... Read full description  
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  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day is inaugurated...
    Item #707451
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 14, 1986

    * Martin Luther King Jr. Day inauguration
    * Radio City Music Hall dedication
    * First observance of this federal holiday
    * Whitney Houston, Bill Cosby and more


    Page 68 has a terrific advertisement for the upcoming gala celebration for the first observance of Martin... Read full description  
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  • 1986 AEROSMITH editorial...
    Item #707449
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 7, 1986

    * Aerosmith - American hard rock band
    * Steven Tyler & Joe Perry editorial


    Page 61 has a heading: "Aerosmith: Back in the Saddle" with related photo. (see images)
    I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
    The... Read full description  
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  • 1985 Motorhead w/ Lemmy concert advertisement..
    Item #707448
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 31, 1985

    * Motorhead - English heavy metal band
    * Bassist front man Lemmy Kimister
    * Ritz nightclub concert advertisement
    * w/ Wendy O. Williams & Stormtroopers of Death


    Page 96 has a 7 x 5 inch advertisement for upcoming "Motorhead w/ Wendy O. Williams &... Read full description  
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  • Very early Red Hot Chili Peppers 1985 concert ad...
    Item #707447
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 5, 1985

    * Red Hot Chili Peppers - American rock band
    * Performance at the Ritz nightclub advertisement

    * In there infancy - Anthony Kiedis and Flea

    Page 118 has an ad for various upcoming performances at the "RITZ" in Manhattan with one of the performers... Read full description  
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  • Review & premiere of "Beetlejuice", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #707446
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 30, 1988

    * Best "Beetlejuice" film advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day premiere review
    * Comedy-fantasy movie - Tim Burton


    A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Beetlejuice" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the... Read full description  
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  • White River Monster hunted... Newport, Arkansas...
    Item #707442
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 23, 1937

    * White River Monster - "Whitey"
    * Newport, Arkansas folklore


    The front page has a one column heading: "Start 'Monster' Hunt In Arkansas River; Town Has Holiday" A related photo is on the back page. (see images)
    Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few... Read full description  
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  • Donn Fendler goes missing in Maine's Mount Katahdin...
    Item #707440
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 21, 1939

    * Donn Fendler goes missing
    * Mount Katahdin in Maine
    * Rye, New York 12 year old boy


    The top of page 2 has a two column heading: "Maine Guardsmen Hunt For Lost Boy" with subhead. (see) Coverage on Donn Fendler going missing in the mountains of Maine.
    Complete in 36 pages, light... Read full description  
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  • 1977 PINK FLOYD editorial...
    Item #707439
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 28, 1977

    * British rock bands with Pink Floyd editorial
    * British psychedelic rock group - band
    * David Gilmour - Roger Waters - "Animals tour"
    * "Airport '77" movie film premiere advertisement


    The front page has a headline: "BRITISH ROCK LIVES" with a focus... Read full description  
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  • Franks Hawks breaks airplane speed record....
    Item #707438
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 6, 1929

    * Aviator Frank Hawks
    * Transcontinental airplane flight
    * Speed record broken


    The front page has a one column heading: "Hawks Breaks Coast to Coast Flight Record" Related photo on the back page. (see images) First report coverage on Franks Hawks record breaking transcontinental west-to-east... Read full description  
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  • Dramatic, displayable issue on the death of President McKinley...
    Item #707433
    THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, Memphis, Tennessee, Sept. 14, 1901  This is one of the more dramatic issues we have seen on the death of President William McKinley with the banner headline: "PRESIDENT M'KINLEY DEAD" and a huge, full-figure print of him in black, captioned: "Wm. McKinley, Born Jan. 9, 1843... Read full description  

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