Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century
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Item #698158NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN, Oct. 18, 1940 The front page bold, banner headline announces: "NAZI ARMY ROUTED SAILING FOR BRITAIN" with a smaller headline: "Germans Claim Sea Triumph Off Bristol" and other war-related reports on the front page.
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Item #698148NACHRICHTEN FUR DIE TRUPPE, Europe, May 24, 1944
* Rare allied issue dropped from aircraft
* Occupied France World war II - WWII
A most fascinating single sheet newspaper, which translates to "News For The Troops", published by the Psychological Warfare Division of the Allied forces and dropped by Allied aircraft... Read full description -
Item #698134UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WAR-SAVINGS CERTIFICATE, Jan. 2, 1918 (includes a $5 Dollars stamp)
Being offered is a vintage Series of 1918, WWI, UNITED STATES WAR-SAVINGS CERTIFICATE (series A), which includes a green, $5, stamp.
Used, a fair amount of wear, but complete. See images for details. -
Item #698127ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Oct. 25, 1935
* Arthur Dutch Schultz Flegenheimer shot dead
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "DUTCH SCHULTZ AND THIRD AID DE OF WOUNDS" with subheads. (see images)
Complete with 50+ pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes and minor wear along the spine, generally nice. -
Item #698126THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 28, 1930
* Poker Alice death (first report)
* Alive Ivers Duffield Tubbs Huckert
* American old West poker - faro player
* Rapid City, South Dakota
Near the top of the front page is a one column heading: "'Poker Alice' Coppers Last Bet, Dies At 77" with subhead. (see images)
Complete with 26 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #698122THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 13, 1950
* Very 1st public color TV demonstration
* RCA color television - CBS
Page 42 has a two column heading: "Public Sees Color Television for First Time; Demonstration Is Ordered by the F.C.C." (see images)
Complete with 44 pages, rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: During its... Read full description -
Item #698116SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER--EXTRA, May 7, 1937
* Hindenburg airship disaster
* Lakehurst NJ New Jersey
* Great headline for display
One of the very best, dramatic banner headlines we have offered on this historic catastrophe: "DIRIGIBLE HINDENBURG EXPLODES, 90 KILLED". A large front page photo shows the Hindenburg over the New... Read full description -
Item #698101ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, June 22, 1939
* Lou Gehrig ends baseball career
* Infantile Paralysis - New York Yankees
Two of the sports pages within have articles concerning Lou Gehrig & the end of his playing career. One begins: " 'Iron Man' Lou Gehrig probably is through with baseball, age 36. But he has accomplished... Read full description -
Item #698098THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS, June 3, 1940
* Hitler Bombs Paris - The Dunkirk Invasion...
* Great for framing
The ftpg. has the full banner heading: "RAIN BOMBS ON PARIS!", followed by the full banner: "Nazis in Desperate Drive at Dunkirk". The related articles also begin on this page which, although continued on... Read full description -
Item #698059THE STALKER, May 8, 1942 There is very little information on this crudely produced newsletter. It looks very much like other "camp" newspapers produced on board ships during World War II for the benefit of the personnel on board. This is the volume 1, number 18 issue.
Research leans towards this being the... Read full description -
Item #698058THE STALKER, May 11, 1942 There is very little information on this crudely produced newsletter. It looks very much like other "camp" newspapers produced on board ships during World War II for the benefit of the personnel on board. This is the volume 1, number 18 issue.
Research leans towards this being the... Read full description -
Item #698056THE STALKER, May 9, 1942 There is very little information on this crudely produced newsletter. It looks very much like other "camp" newspapers produced on board ships during World War II for the benefit of the personnel on board. This is the volume 1, number 11 issue.
Research leans towards this being the... Read full description -
Item #698055THE STALKER, May 3, 1942
* Royal Navy publication during the war
There is very little information on this crudely produced newsletter. It looks very much like other "camp" newspapers produced on board ships during World War II for the benefit of the personnel on-board. This is the volume 1, number 11 issue.
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Item #698052ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, New York, Aug. 15, 1902 (1st section)
* Colonel Wiliam F Cody (aka, "Buffalo Bill)
* Charles "Buffalo" Jones
* Raising "cattalo" (a cross between bison and cattle)
Page 2 has: "SAVING THE BUFFALO", subheads: "How the few Remaining Bison Are Being Preserved"... Read full description -
Item #698050THE MOBILE PRESS, Alabama, June 19, 1939
* Anoka & Champlin, Minnesota
* Tornadoes disaster outbreak
Page 5 has a single-column heading: "10 PERSONS DIE, 60 ARE HURT IN MIDWEST TORNADO", with subheading: & "Seven Towns and Uncounted Number of Farm Homes Destroyed or Damaged", which tells of a tornado outbreak... Read full description -
Item #698044LESLIE"S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 2, 1914 See the photo for the terrific, color cover on this issue, featuring a baseball player at bat. A terrific item for display. Such color covers rarely survived, hence quite scarce.
Very nice condition, although with a rather discrete inked stamp near the top just under the wing of the... Read full description -
Item #698027ALLEGANY COUNTY REPORTER, New York, April 15, 1902 (1st section)
* Rev. Talmage's death report
* Brooklyn Tabernacle & Central Presbyterian pastor
* Union Army Chaplain... prolific writer/editor
The front page has the singe column heading: "Dr. Talmage's Death", with subheadings: "Celebrated Divine... Read full description -
Item #698006THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 28, 1935.
* Dutch Schultz assassination
* Jewish-American mobster
* Hunt for the killers in NYC
The top of the front page has one column heading: "SCHULTZ'S RECORDS OF RACKET DEALS CHECKED FOR CLUES" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #698001DAILY NEWS - Convention EXTRA, New York, July 16, 1992 The front page announces: "PEROT QUITS" "Texas Billionaire Says He Can't Win" with much coverage inside.
This was during the Democratic Convention, where Bill Clinton would ultimately be the candidate for the general election.
Sixty pages, tabloid-size, great... Read full description -
Item #697999DAILY NEWS - Convention EXTRA, New York, July 14, 1992 The front page announces: "Bill Takes Big Jump As...ROSS FADES" with the borrow potion of "FADES" more lightly inked.
This was during the Democratic Convention, where Bill Clinton would ultimately be the candidate for the general election.
Much... Read full description -
Item #697993WORLD'S FAIR WORLD, New York, 1939 Not a bonafide newspaper but rather a short-lived promotional newsletter to promote the 1939 New York World's Fair. This is the volume 1, number 5 issue.
Four pages, printed entirely in blue ink, 12 by 15 1/2 inches, nice condition. -
Item #697964SECTION 2 (sports) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, Dec. 16, 1934
* Francis "Pug" Lund wins Big Ten football MVP
* Minnesota Golden Gophers college football HB
* Chicago Tribune Silver Football award
The front page has a nice banner headline for display: "NAME LUND MOST VALUABLE BIG 10 PLAYER" with subheads and... Read full description -
Item #697963THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, March 14, 1922
* Harry vs. Tommy Gibbons
* Heavyweight boxing fight
* Madison Square Garden
The top of page 14 has a two column heading: "GREB AWARDED DECISION IN BOUT WITH GIBBONS" with subhead and round by round description. (see images)
Complete in 24 pages, light toning and minor wear at the... Read full description -
Item #697962PENN'S ADVERTISER, Bowerston, Ohio, June, 1929
* Harrison County
* Penn's store ads
As the title suggests, this issue contains all advertisements by the W. B. Penn Company store from a few months prior to the 1929 stock market crash.
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Item #697961FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., November 27, 1942
* Scuttling of the French Fleet
* Toulon, France
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a nice banner headline: "SAY FRENCH SCUTTLE FLEET" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on the Scuttling of the French Fleet in Toulon, France during World War II.
Complete with 20... Read full description -
Item #697960THE WEEKLY BUDGET, Sugarcreek, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1915
* Tuscarawas County
* "Little Switzerland"
* Ohio's Amish country
Mostly local items with some advertisements during the World War I era.
Complete with 4 pages, light toning, a little wear at the margins and folds, generally good. -
Item #697959THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. July 25, 1973
* Watergate scandal trials
* John Ehrlichman
* Richard Nixon
The front page has a headline that reads: "Ehrlichman, Panel Clash over Charges" with photo. (see images)
Complete with 46 pages, a little spine wear, otherwise nice. -
Item #697956CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 23, 1928
* Harlan, Kentucky (Kenvir)
* Coal mine explosion disaster
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "TWO NEW MINE BLASTS; THIRTY MORE MEN DEAD" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on the explosion at Black Mountain Coal Corporation mine near Harlan, Kentucky.
Complete with 46 pages,... Read full description -
Item #697955NEW YORK TIMES, April 17, 1919 Page 6 has "6,000 Arrive From France - First Pigeon Company Brings Birds That Aided in Argonne", with a few addition paragraphs of text - including a rare mention of the famed pigeon, "Cher Ami".
Page 2 has, "MORE OUTBREAKS IN INDIA CITIES - Six... Read full description -
Item #697954FITCHBURG DAILY SENTINEL, Massachusetts, Sept. 6, 1901 A rather dramatic issue as the middle portion is a very wide column set much like a broadside with a large print of McKinley and headed: "THE PRESIDENT SHOT" beneath which is text reporting the latest information beginning: "President McKinley was shot by an... Read full description -
Item #697952THE DETROIT NEWS, May 25, 1965
* Cassius Clay - Muhammad Ali
* Professional boxer Sonny Liston
* Heavyweight boxing title fight (day of)
The top of the front page of the sport's has a six column heading: "At Long Last, the Fight's On" with lead-in: "Clay, Liston To Try Again" and more with two related photos... Read full description -
Item #697942LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 8, 2004
* The Crossroads Guitar Festival
* Darrell David Rice charged
The front of the Calendar Section has: "Strum of its parts", which tells of the 2004 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Dallas. Included is a very graphic containing individual photos of guitar greats Joe Walsh, John Mayer, B.B.... Read full description -
Item #697937THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, February 21, 1938
* Adolf Hitler's speech to Reichstag
* Czechoslovakia & Austria Germans
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Hitler Tells World He's Prepared to Use Force to Carve an Empire" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage continues inside with... Read full description -
Item #697936LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., July 20, 1944
* Operation Valkyrie (1st report)
* Adolf Hitler assassination attempt
The front page has a nice banner headline on Operation Valkyrie, with: "BERLIN SAYS HITLER INJURED IN UNSUCCESSFUL TRY TO KILL HIM" with subhead. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 8 pages,... Read full description -
Item #697935LOS ANGELES TIMES, April 26, 2002
* Murders in Shanandoah National Park
* Darrell David Rice pleads "not guilty"
* Changing Lanes, The Scorpion King, & Jason X
Page A16 has the brief article headed: "Man Pleads Not Guilty in Killing of Female Hikers at National Park". This is in regard to ... Read full description -
Item #697931THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 27, 1935
* Albert Fish on death row
* Serial killer, child rapist and cannibal
* "The Boogey Man" - "Gray Man"
* "Brooklyn Vampire" - "Werewolf of Wysteria"
The top of the back page (pg. 44) has a one column heading: "FISH DEATH SENTENCE IS UPHELD ON... Read full description -
Item #697928THE DETROIT FREE PRESS (ROTOGRAVURE SUPPLEMENT), July 1, 1923
* July 4th coverage
* Mary Pickford poses for the Detroit Free Press
* Great for framing
Fans of the Golden Age of Hollywood and prior will appreciate the full-page, July Fourth-themed illustration which included Mary Pickford. She posed especially for The Detroit Free... Read full description -
Item #697911CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 5, 1936
* Jesse Owens shines in track & field
* Olympic games in Berlin Germany
* In front of Adolf Hitler & Third Reich
The front page of the sports section (page 19) has a nice headline: "OWENS WINS 2D OLYMPIC TITLE; SETS TWO RECORDS" with subhead: "U. S.... Read full description -
Item #697909THE OMAHA BEE-NEWS, Nebraska, May 2, 1932
* John Cockcroft & Ernest Walton
* 1st splitting of the atom - atomic nucleus
The bottom of the front page has a very historic report which notes the very beginning of the "atomic age" with a two-column heading: "British Scientists Shatter Atom in Secret Experiment... Read full description -
Item #697893CINCINNATI TIMES-STAR, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1942
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Heinrich Himmler takes charge
* Extermination of Polish Jews ordered
* Zionist leader Stephen Samuel Wise report
Although the banner headline announces: "NAZIS LOSE NEARLY 100,000 IN STALINGRAD BATTLE", the most notable report is much... Read full description -
Item #697890NEW YORK TIMES, April 28, 1931
* Jack 'Legs' Diamond shot
* New York City gangster
* Fred 'Killer' Burke gets life
The top of the front page has a two-column head: "CLEAN-UP OF DIAMOND GANG ORDERED BY THE GOVERNOR; WOUNDED LEADER IS DYING" with subheads and lengthy reporting.
Also on the front page is a... Read full description -
Item #697884DAILY GAZETTE, Sterling-Rock Falls, Illinois This is a trio of exceedingly displayable issues, each formatted similarly although with individually significant headlines on Desert Storm: the beginning of the air war: "WAR!"; the beginning of the land war: "INVASION!" and the "VICTORY!" once Iraq conceded and agreed... Read full description -
Item #697880SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, New York, June 29, 1907 Inside has a nearly half-page article titled: "The Use Of The Gyroscope In The Balancing And Steering Of Aeroplanes, by Robert H. Goddard."
The article is accompanied by 3 illustrations.
This is very early for this famous rocket pioneer, known as... Read full description -
Item #697873THE SUMMARY, Elmira, New York, March 7, 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.
Actually fine baseball content as the back page has subheads: "Matty Signs With the Giants; Says The Matter Is Now... Read full description -
Item #697869THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, November 2, 1967 Prior to making it to Broadway and becoming one of the most famous musicals to hit the stage, the musical "Hair" appeared off-Broadway at The Public Theater in Greenwich Village. This issue contains an ad (pg. 28) and perhaps the earliest (?) review (pg.... Read full description -
Item #697863LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 21, 2012
* Aurora, Colorado mass shooting
* "The Dark Knight Rises" movie
* Shooter James Holmes - theater
The front page has a banner headline: "MIDNIGHT MASSACRE" with subheads and 2 related photos. Much more inside.
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Item #697830FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., May 20, 1942
* The famous Doolittle raid of Japan is revealed
* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers
* USS Hornet aircraft carrier
The front page has two column photo of President Roosevelt giving Doolittle the Congressional Medal; of Honor with heading: "Plane Racer Bombed Tokyo" ... Read full description -
Item #697827FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass, June 4, 1942.
* Dutch Harbor, Alaska
* Japanese airplane attack
* Battle of Midway eve
* Reinhard Heydrich killed
* "The Blond Beast" "Hangman"
The front page has a nice banner headline: "WEST COAST ALERT FOR RAIDS" with subheads and related map. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with... Read full description -
Item #697825FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass, July 26, 1943
* Italy - Benito Mussolini ousted
* Pietro Badoglio takes over
* World War II era
Nice headline at the top of the front page announces: "ITALIAN ARMY TAKES OVER; HULL SEES END OF FACISM" with subheads and photo of Mussolini. (see images)
Complete with 8 pages, light toning at the margins, minor... Read full description -
Item #697824THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1943
* Mohandas Gandhi - The Mahatma
* 21 day fasting - hunger strike ends
* British detention without charges protest
* World War II - WWII era
The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "GANDHI FAST ENDS; AIM NOT ACHIEVED" with subheads. (see images)
Much on World War II events of the day. Complete with 42... Read full description
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