Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century
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Item #712748THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 29, 1943
* Aviation pioneer Jimmy Doolittle
* New commander of the Eighth Air Force
* Promoted Lieutenant general
* To lead air attack on D-Day
The front page has a one column heading: "DOOLITTLE TO GUIDE INVASION AIR BLOW" with subhead. (see images)
Other World War II events of the day. Complete with 34... Read full description -
Item #712733THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 26, 1971
* Unsolved Murders of Patricia Mann and Jesse McBane
* Duke Forest, Durham, Orange County, North Carolina
* "The Valentine's Day Murders"
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Bodies of Student, Girl Found in Woods" with 3 related photos. (see... Read full description -
Item #712727LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec. 22, 1988
* Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
* Lockerbie, Scotland disaster
*Airplane terrorist murders
* Syracuse University students
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "At Least 258 Dead in Scotland Crash of N.Y.-Bound 747" with subhead and two related photos. (see images) More on page 16.... Read full description -
Item #712723THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, N.C. Feb. 23, 1972
* Historic visit by President Richard Nixon
* People's Republic of China - Taiwan relations
* Chinese premiere Zhou Enlai & Mao Zedong
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "President and Chou Meet For Nearly Four Hours" with subhead. (see... Read full description -
Item #712714THE DETROIT NEWS, June 19, 1947
* 1948 sedan "Torpedo"
* First introduced w/ photo
* Preston Tucker
The top of page 51 has a three column photo of the much-hyped and revolutionary automobile produced by Preston Tucker with heading: "Tucker Torpedo--A Newcomer in the Auto World" The same page has an article headed:... Read full description -
Item #712712CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, April 5, 1936
* USS Aircraft Carrier Yorktown launching
* United States Navy - World War II warship
* Future Battle of Midway sinking fame
The top of page 17 has a three column photo with heading: "An Airport Takes To The Waves" Also a one column heading: "CROWD ACCLAIMS YORKTOWN, NEW PLANE... Read full description -
Item #712710CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 24, 1945
* General George S. Patton death - funeral
The top of page 3 has a one column heading: "WARRIOR HYMN HE LOVED SUNG AT PATTON RITES" with subhead. Related photo and heading on the back page. (see images)
I suspect this to be a very rare item because there was really no reason to save it at... Read full description -
Item #712693USA TODAY, April 5, 1983
* NC North Carolina State Wolfpack wins championship
* 1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
* Jim Valvano - Lorenzo Charles - Dereck Whittenburg
The front page has a two column heading: "N.C. State wins upset" and related photo. (see)
The front page of the sport's section... Read full description -
Item #712684THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 28, 1953
* Milt Campbell, future Olympic decathlon gold medal winner
* Already an Olympic silver medalist
*Competes in regional high school championships
Page 11 has: "CAMPBELL CAPTURES TWO NEWARK EVENTS", followed by a few paragraphs of text which includes in part: ... Read full description -
Item #712683THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 30, 1956
* Milt Campbell takes strong lead in the Decathalon
* Melbourne, Australia Olympics
* Would win gold the following day - 1st black man to do so
Page 27 has a nice two-line, two-column heading: "Campbell Takes Hurdles to Lift Decathalon Lead to 525 Points", followed by details. This lead... Read full description -
Item #712678THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 19, 1946
* Original "It's a Wonderful Life" premiere ad
* Pre-World premiere showing in New York City
* James Stewart and Donna Reed - Frank Capra
Page 31 has a 8 x 3 3/4 inch advertisement for the World premiere of what is considered one of the greatest films of all time, It's a... Read full description -
Item #712675THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1932
* Coney Island, Brooklyn fire disaster
* Dreamland amusement park and boardwalk
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "$5,000,000 BLAZE SWEEPS CONEY ISLAND; FOUR BLOCKS ON BOARDWALK DESTROYED; HUGE CROWDS WATCH SIX-HOUR BATTLE" with many subheads (see photos). Much more... Read full description -
Item #712674LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 3, 1996
* Lyle and Erik Menendez life sentences
* Menendez Brothers for killing parents
* Jose and Louise "Kitty" Menendez murdered
The top of the front page has a small heading: "Menendezes Each Get 2 Life Sentences" First report coverage continues on page 3 with larger heading and... Read full description -
Item #712663THE STARS & STRIPES, the New York & London edition, Nov. 26, 1943 In the masthead is: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations".
Among many front reports: "Russians Push Germans Back After Halting Big Panzer Drive On Soviet Flank in Kiev... Read full description -
Item #712662THE STARS & STRIPES, the New York & London edition, Nov. 27, 1943 In the masthead is: "Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations".
Among many front reports: "U.S. Keeps Up Huge Bombing of Reich" "Northwest German y Is Blasted: RAF Hits At Berlin, Frankfort" ... Read full description -
Item #712625THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 22, 1947
* Theodore G. Bilbo death
* Governor of Mississippi
* Ku Klux Klan member
* White supremacist - supremacy
* Pro segregation advocate
The front page has a one column heading: "BILBO DEAD AT 69 OF HEART AILMENT" with subhead. (see images) Lengthy coverage continues on page 10 with photo.
I suspect... Read full description -
Item #712623CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 26, 1945
* USS Ingraham - destroyer
* United States Navy
* Kamikaze suicide airplane attack
* Battle of Okinawa - Japanese
Page 3 has a one column heading: "Destroyer Ingraham Hit By Suicide Craft" (see image)
I suspect this to be a very rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Item #712619THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 30, 1930
* Prohibition - 18th Eighteenth Amendment
* Wets vs. Drys in Washington D.C.
* Beginning of the end ?
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "FIRST WET BILL HEARINGS SINCE PROHIBITION CAME IN SET BY HOUSE COMMITTEE" with subheads. (see images) Was this the beginning of the fight to repeal... Read full description -
Item #712616THE BOSTON POST, Extra, September 8, 1945
* Douglas MacArthur enters Tokyo Japan
* American flag (old glory) raised over city
* Japanese atrocities - Palawan Massacre
The top of the front page has a great banner headline: "M'ARTHUR SETS UP POWER IN TOKYO; SEES FLAG RAISED OVER U.S. EMBASSY; FOE THREATENED TO KILL WAINWRIGHT"... Read full description -
Item #712613THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, May 24, 1948
* Joe DiMaggio hits 3 home runs in a row
* New York Yankees - Yanks
* MLB major league baseball
Page 25 has the banner heading: "Yanks, Indians Divide Before Record Cleveland Turnout of 78,431", with subheads that include: "3 DIMAGGIO HOMERS WIN OPENER BY 6-5--Joe Accounts... Read full description -
Item #712610THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 25, 1929
* Fire at the White House (West Wing)
* Christmas Eve
The front page has a three-column heading: "FIRE WRECKS THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICES; HOOVER RUSHES FROM PARTY TO WATCH IT; AIDES BRAVE SMOKE TO SAVE HIS PAPERS", with many subheads. The coverage of the worst non-war related fire in the White... Read full description -
Item #712609THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, Aug. 22, 1935
* Will Rogers & Wiley Post
* Airplane crash - deaths
The front page has the two-column heading: "Nation Pays Tribute Today At Rogers and Post Rites", with the subheading: "Observance of Obsequies Will Be Held in Many Parts of America While Actual Services... Read full description -
Item #712607THE STAR, Island of Guernsey (in the English Channel), Nov. 28, 1941
* German occupation publication
* Attack on Pearl Harbor close
A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi.
Among the front page reports are: "Another British Naval... Read full description -
Item #712606THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 28, 1949 (sections 1-4, 9-10)
* Peekskill New York riots
* Paul Robeson - activist
* anti-communist demonstration
The front page has a one column heading: "ROBESON CONCERT BALKED BY MELEE" with subheading: "Hundreds in Fight at Park Near Peekskill After Veterans' Parade--Nine Injured". The... Read full description -
Item #712561THE AUGUSTA COURIER, Georgia, July 23, 1958 This was an openly racist newspaper, with a print of the Confederate flag in the masthead & almost all content has anti-Black sentiments.
Front page headlines include: "Moscow Will Not Run Georgia Schools Through U.S. Supreme Court And Ike" "Communistic Voting Record of U.S. Supreme Court Pin Pointed In... Read full description -
Item #712552CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, April 2, 1935
* Patterson v. Alabama decision
* United States Supreme Court case
* Scottsboro Boys rape case
* Jury of African-Americans
The front page has a one column heading: "2D SCOTTSBORO DEATH PENALTY UPSET BY COURT" with subhead. (see images) Coverage continues on page 14 with photo of Haywood Patterson.... Read full description -
Item #712549ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION only of the New York Times, Dec. 6, 1931
* Early Helium filled balloons - photos
* Felix the Cat & Tiamat the Dragoon
* Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Page 5 has two photo s that were taken during the 1931 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. A larger photo show Tiamat the... Read full description -
Item #712540THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1932
* Chief Plenty Coups death w/ photo (1st report)
* Crow People - Native Americans - Indians - tribe
The top of page 10 has a one column heading: "PLENTY COOS (Coups) DEAD; CROW TRIBE LEADER" with subheads and photo. (see images)
Complete with all 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
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Item #712539THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, September 13, 1962
* John F. Kennedy JFK Rice University speech
* Race for space vs. Russia
* Going to the moon
The top of page 6 has a four column heading: "'We Will Be First', Says JFK" (see images) I suspect this to be a rare item because there was really no reason to save it at the time.
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Item #712537THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 19, 1949
* Philadelphia Eagles vs. Los Angeles Rams
* NFL pro football championship title game
The top of page 31 has a seven column heading: "Eagles Win Second Straight National Football League Title in Rain" with subheads, stats and two related photos. (see images) First report... Read full description -
Item #712522THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 10, 1932
* Scottsboro Boys death sentences upheld
* Negroes suspected of attacking 2 white girls
* Alabama Supreme Court decision
* Charles Lindbergh baby kidnapping
* Ransom paid to no avail
The top of page 27 has a one column heading: "7 DOOMED NEGROES LOSE ALABAMA PLEA" with subheads. (see images)
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Item #712521LOS ANGELES TIMES, February 12, 1993
* Best "Groundhog Day" movie advertisement
* Grand Opening Day premiere review
* American comedy film - Bill Murray
* Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania fame
A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Groundhog Day" and perhaps no better issue could... Read full description -
Item #712520THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, May 21, 1919
* Babe Ruth pitches to a victory
* Very 1st career grand slam HR
* Boston Red Sox - MLB baseball
* In a Boston publication (very rare)
Page 12 has a brief and somewhat discrete report with headings: "Only Two Games In The American" "Red Sox Defeat St.... Read full description -
Item #712519SECTION TWO only of the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1937
* Mormons to face food shortages ? - Mormonism
* Salt Lake City, Utah - during Great Depression
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Mormons, Fearing Famine, Eat Single Meal; Plan Granary to Store Their Bumper Crops" (see images) I can't find anything online... Read full description -
Item #712471THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, January 14, 1945
* Malmedy massacre in Belgium (1st report)
* Battle of the Bulge nears the end
* 1st SS Panzer Division - perpetrators
Page 6 has a one column heading: "Bodies of 100 Massacred GIs Are Found" (see image) This war crime "Malmedy Massacre" was actually committed about a month... Read full description -
Item #712468THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 12, 1945
* Operation Veritable in Germany
* Battle of the Klever Reichswald forest
* Allied pincer movement - Canadian 1st Army
* Kleve- Lower Rhine region - Northwest Germany
* Final stages of World War II - WWII
The front page has a banner headline: "BRITISH ENTER CLEVE, CUT FOE'S LATERAL ROAD;... Read full description -
Item #712461BZ newspaper from Berlin, (West) Germany, dated June 23, 1990.
* re. German reunification
See the photo below for the nice front page with headlines translating as: "The Check-point Charlie Bomb of the Soviet Foreign Minister" and the big headline reading: "Berlin Without Allied Protection!" and in smaller type: "Shevardnadzi--We... Read full description -
Item #712452THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, April 4, 1963
* Early Bob Dylan concert advertisement
* The Town Hall - New York City
* First major concert appearance
Page 12 has a small but early advertisement for Bob Dylan's concert at The Town Hall in New York City. (see images) This was considered Dylan's 1st major... Read full description -
Item #712451ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, October 10, 1933
* Gus Winkler killed
* Chicago Mobster
* Assassin unknown
The front page has: "'The End of a Gangster', Says Dying Gus Winkler" and "Chicago Heir to Capone Cut Down with 65 Gunshot Wounds to Silence Him on $250,000 Mail Robbery", with more... Read full description -
Item #712447THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 8, 1964
* Early Bob Dylan Halloween concert advertisement
* Philharmonic Hall performance - New York City
* "The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964"
Page 12 has a advertisement for Bob Dylan's concert at Philharmonic Hall in Manhattan on Halloween... Read full description -
Item #712444THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 15, 1964
* Early Bob Dylan Halloween concert advertisement
* Philharmonic Hall performance - New York City
* "The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964"
Page 11 has a small advertisement for Bob Dylan's concert at Philharmonic Hall in Manhattan on... Read full description -
Item #712443THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 9, 1965
* Early Bob Dylan concert advertisement
* Carnegie & Symphony Hall - New York City
* Solo performances with his electric band
The back-page has a somewhat small advertisement for "Bob Dylan" concerts at Carnegie & Symphony Halls in Manhattan on... Read full description -
Item #712416THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, October 12, 1934
* Gangster Charles 'Pretty Boy' Floyd
* Gunfight w/ police
* Death came 10 days later
This 38-page newspaper has a two column headlines near the bottom of the front page that include: "'Pretty Boy' Floyd, Badman of Southwest, Escapes in Gun Fight... Read full description -
Item #712409THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 12, 1933
* Guglielmo Marconi
* Vatican Radio
The top of page 24 has a one column heading: "MARCONI INITIATES NEW RADIOPHONE" with subheads that include: "The First Ultrashort Wave System Links Vatican and Papal Summer Home" and more. (see)
Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 36... Read full description -
Item #712402LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 19, 2010
* Ronnie Lee Gardner execution
* Last by firing squad in America
* Mormons - Mormonism
Page 12 has a heading announcing: "Murderer is executed by firing squad" with subhead and two related photos. (see images)
Complete with all section (80+ pages), nice condition.
wikipedia notes: News media... Read full description -
Item #712362NASHFERRY TRIBUNE, Municipal Airport, Nashville, Tennessee, Jan. 16, 1943
* United States Army Air Forces
As noted at the top of page 2, this paper is: "...published each Friday by and for the military personnel of Berry Field, Nashville, Tenn., by the Office of Special Services."
This is essentially a... Read full description -
Item #712360SRPSKO JEDINSTVO, "The First And the Only Slavonian Weekly In Montana", Aug. 25, 1900
* Extremely rare publication
* In Slavic and English Languages
Little is known about this unusual newspaper other than the Library of Congress noting this very issue, volume 3, numb er 16, August 25, 1900. Their information is... Read full description -
Item #712356THE DRY SPASM of The "BLABBER", Rochester, New York, Feb. 18, 1918 A very unusual broadside newspaper without any volume or issue numbers. The masthead includes: "Priceless", "Weather: Bone Dry", "Why Worry? The Worse is Yet to Come!"
This is a broadside newspaper, printed... Read full description -
Item #712351CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, August 10, 1934
* Anna Antonio electric chair execution
* Murder for hire - Sing Sing prison
The front page has a one column heading: "Electrocute Mother of 3 and Two Men" Small photo of Antonio is on the back page. (see images).
Complete with 32 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding... Read full description -
Item #712350THE KNICKERBOCKER PRESS, Albany, New York, February 11, 1936
* Rose McConnell Long takes oath
* Huey's term as United States Senator
The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "MRS. LONG TAKES SEAT IN SENATE" with subhead. (see image) First report coverage on Rose McConnell Long becoming the 3rd woman ever to serve as... Read full description
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